Wide Awake mine, Pioche Mining District, Lincoln County, Nevada, USAi
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Wide Awake mine | Mine |
Pioche Mining District | Mining District |
Lincoln County | County |
Nevada | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 54' 55'' North , 114° 25' 52'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Mindat Locality ID:
57699
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:57699:5
GUID (UUID V4):
3a672e10-2b83-4d70-a957-05bef603dba7
Structure: Highland Thrust Plate, Major Nw Normal Faults . Several Periods Of Tectonic Activity Evident. . Several Periods Of Tectonic Activity Evident. Normal Fault, Thrust Fault
Alteration: Epithermal; Silicification
Deposit: Ore on dump consists of euhedral to subhedral pyrite crystals and grains disseminated in massive to sacchroidal quartz vein material along with minor chalcopyrite and copper oxides staining sheared material. Quartzite on dumps also carries very fine-grained disseminated sulfides, As does a green phyllitic shale unit found on dump. Well-formed crystals of jarosite coat fracture surfaces and sericite is abundant. Minor gossan was noted. Quartzite breccia is cemented with opaline silica and is stained with Fe and Mn oxides. Late stage silica coats exposed surfaces. Maps show a series of parallel n10-30 W faults here. This is indirectly confirmed by faulting upslope from the workings. Locally the sediments have been partially silicified. Discovery year: 1937 (main ore shoot)
Deposit type: Polymetallic veins
Development: No activity at time of examination in 1983. Main output was under stindt and donahue lease. Listed As an active open pit pb-ag mine in 1981, employing 2 persons.
Geology: Ore is in a mineralized thrust breccia, of up to 1.5 feet of argentiferous pb carbonate in a quartz gangue
Rock formation(s): Prospect Mountain Quartzite
Ore(s): Thrust Fault, Brecciation
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5 valid minerals.
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β Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
β Galena Formula: PbS |
β Jarosite Formula: KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
β Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
β Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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β | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
β | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
β | Jarosite | 7.BC.10 | KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | β Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | β Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
S | β Galena | PbS |
S | β Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
S | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
K | Potassium | |
K | β Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | β Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
Fe | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | β Galena | PbS |
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Link to USGS MRDS: | 10037339 |
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