War Cloud Property

The War Cloud Property is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,428 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: War Cloud Property  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 8,428 Feet (2,569 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 39.06278, -117.54556

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War Cloud Property MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: War Cloud Property


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Jackson District


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

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Obie La Favor And J.F. Schweble


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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Shoshone Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Hg


Orebody

Form: PAINTY FILMS, DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS


Structure

Type: L
Description: Iron-Stained Fractures.


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Tuff Is Argillized.


Rocks

Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Iron


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION TO CENTER OF UNSURVEYED SECTION

Comment (Development): A SINGLE-PIPE MERCURY RETORT WAS REPORTEDLY ON THE PROPERTY IN THE 1940'S. THE LATEST WORK WAS TRENCHING AND SAMPLING DONE HERE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GRANT HUNTLEY IN THE 1960'S.

Comment (Workings): 400 M OF BULLDOZER TRENCH AND A 10-M ADIT (PORTAL CAVED) AT THE NORTH END OF THE TRENCH.(1981) ALSO PITS


References

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

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 41, P. 154.

Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 292.

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF A PART OF THE SHOSHONE MTNS.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., MAP 38.

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., FIELD EXAMINATION, 9 AUG 1981

Reference (Production): BAILEY AND PHOENIX


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.