St Cloud

The St Cloud is a silver mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,801 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: St Cloud

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Chloride

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Type: Minerals Only
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: St. Cloud Mining Co., Subsidiary Of The Goldfield Cor
Company ID: 2901869
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: New Mexico
Info Year: 1994

Production

Year: 2
Description: ______ ______ ______
Year: 1986
Description: 87% Ore Dir. Ship As Flux
Year: 1986
Description: 3,024 23.98 12 16452 Mt Ore Mined
Year: 1985
Description: 7% Ore Dir. Ship As Flux
Year: 1985
Description: 3,742 57.85 111 30080 Mt Ore Mined
Year: 1984
Description: 4% Ore Dir. Ship As Flux
Year: 1984
Description: 13,026 69.48 634 87012 Mt Ore Mined
Year: 1983
Description: 29% Ore Dir. Ship As Flux
Year: 1983
Description: 17,068 16.17 993 79042 Mt Ore Mined
Year: 1982
Description: 12,705 19.66 643 36100 Mt Ore Mined
Year: 1
Description: Ag, Kg Au, Kg Cu, Mt
Description: Metals Recovered & Sold

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Shrinkage Methods
Milling Method: Flotation
Year First Production: 1982
Discovery Year: 1968
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Covellite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Bornite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVE GIVEN FROM GOLDFIELDS SEC FORM 10-K REPORT,12/31/91, P. 4

Comment (Production): RESERVE GIVEN FROM GOLDFIELDS SEC FORM 10-K REPORT,12/31/91, P. 4 1982 - 1986 PRODUCTION FROM GOLDFIELD CORP ANN REPT, 1982-86 MINE CLOSED IN MAY 1986 DUE TO DECLINING AG PRICES.

Comment (Production): ACTUALLY, COPPER AND GOLD RECOVERIES ARE ESTIMATED AT 87.5 PERCENT, LEAD RECOV. AT 20.8 PERCENT, AND ZN RECOV. AT 15.8 PERCENT.

References

Reference (Deposit): MILLION OUNCES OF SILVER A YEAR, NOV. 3, 1983.

Reference (Deposit): HUNT DAUGHTER, JUNE 27, 1980.

Reference (Deposit): NEW MEXICO PAYDIRT. GOLDFIELD'S ST. CLOUD TO PRODUCE ONE

Reference (Deposit): ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL. 50% OF N. M. SILVER MINE ACQUIRED BY

Reference (Deposit): ANNOUNCES EARNINGS FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1983, 3 PP.

Reference (Deposit): THE GOLDFIELD CORPORATION NEWS. THE GOLDFIELD CORPORATION

Reference (Deposit): THE GOLDFIELD CORPORATION. 1980 ANNUAL REPORT, 5 PP.

Reference (Deposit): THE GOLDFIELD CORPORATION. 1981 ANNUAL REPORT, 4 PP.

Reference (Deposit): AT ST. CLOUD SILVER MINE, SEPT. 1983, 2 PP.

Reference (Deposit): THE GOLDFIELD CORPORATION NEWS. GOLDFIELD COMPLETES NEW MILL

Reference (Deposit): MENT BY N. B. HUNT, MARCH 29, 1980, P. 8.

Reference (Deposit): SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW. GOLDFIELD AGREES TO MAJOR INVEST-

Reference (Reserve-Resource): GOLDFIELD CORPORATION 1986 ANNUAL REPORT. P. 2.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SOCIETY, NOV. 2, 1982, 7 PP.

Reference (Deposit): AGREEMENT DRILLING RESULTS, MARCH 28, 1981, P. 5.

Reference (Deposit): SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW. GOLDFIELD ANNOUNCES OPTION

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MEXICO. PAPER PRESENTED TO THE ALBUQUERQUE GEOLOGICAL

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THE GOLDFIELD CORPORATION. 1991 ANNUAL REPORT PP. 3.

Reference (Reference): OR CONSEQUENCES, N. M., 1983 (?), 3 PP.

Reference (Reference): MEXICO. AVAILABLE FROM ST. CLOUD MINING COMPANY, TRUTH

Reference (Reference): OF THE ST. CLOUD SILVER DEPOSIT, SIERRA COUNTY, NEW

Reference (Reference): FREEMAN, P. S. AND R. H. HARRISON. GEOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT

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