Red Cloud Mine

The Red Cloud Mine is a gold mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,560 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Red Cloud Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

Elevation: 4,560 Feet (1,390 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 35.86694, -115.48333

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Red Cloud Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Red Cloud Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury


Location

State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Goodsprings District


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Ballance, Richard
Home Office: 212 Bruin Way, Las Vegas, Nv. 89128


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Physiographic Detail: Spring Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Fault (N30w, Vertical)

Type: L
Description: Potosi Thrust Fault Underlies Deposit


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dike Altered, Limestone Dolomitized


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: FINENESS OF GOLD 0.700-0.880


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Chert
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): ORE IN PORPHYRY AND AT CONTACT OF GRANITE PORPHYRY DIKE AND LIMESTONE. MAIN ORE FROM 3 SHOOTS. HIGHEST GOLD IN OXIDIZED PORTION OF PORPHYRY

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHAFTS, FOLLOWING PORPHYRY DIKE


References

Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C.R., ET.AL, 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO: NBMG BULL. 62, P. 195.

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, 1983, FIELD EXAM., NBMG, 13 FEB. 85.

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F. C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEAVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., RENO, N

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, NBMG BULL. 41.

Reference (Production): LONGWELL, ET AL, P. 195 (1965)

Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D.F., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD: USGS P.P. 167, P. 103-104.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.