Silver Cloud Mine

The Silver Cloud Mine is a mercury mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,381 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Silver Cloud Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

Elevation: 5,381 Feet (1,640 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 41.05333, -116.62611

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Silver Cloud Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Silver Cloud Mine
Secondary: Clipper
Secondary: Maddeford-Smith


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Ivanhoe District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Mrs. Elfrida Pangborn

Owner Name: R. O. Camozzi
Years: 1943 -


Production

Year: 1957
Time Period: To 1957
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2-5 Lb/Ton


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1931
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: BLANKET


Structure

Type: R
Description: N Trending Syncline 1500 Ft Wide

Type: L
Description: Minor Drag Folds Along Steep Normal Faults


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification; Hydrothermal Alteration


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Metacinnabar
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Alunite
Gangue: Chalcedony


Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS AS OF 1944 WERE UNDERGROUND TO 75 FT. AND AN OPEN CUT. LAST OPERATED 1944. UNDERGROUND, ORE WAS MINED BY SLUSHER METHOD

Comment (Geology): PRE - TERTIARY QUARTZITE AND CHERT NEARLY EVERYWHERE MANTLED BY TERT. VOLCANICS. MIOCENE RHYOLITE AND ANDESITE FLOWS AND TUFF TILTED, BEVELLED, OVERLAIN BY FLAT - LYING RHYOLITIC TUFFS. ; GEOL.DESC: OPALIZED RHYOLITIC ASH OVERLIES CHALCEDONIC OBSIDIAN ; REG.COM: BLANKET DEPOSIT OCCUPIES THE WARPED TROUGH OF THE SYNCLINE

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ITEM 1 AS OF 1944.

Comment (Development): ONE 60 TON ROTARY, ONE 40 TON ROTARY (1943)

Comment (Deposit): BLANKET DEPOSIT OCCUPIES 1500 FT WIDE N - TRENDING SYNCLINE


References

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41

Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, ET AL, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 54

Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252

Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA


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.