Gates mine, Sylvania Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USAi
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Gates mine | Mine |
Sylvania Mining District | Mining District |
Esmeralda County | County |
Nevada | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 25' 27'' North , 117° 43' 37'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Silver Peak | 107 (2011) | 37.6km |
Dyer | 259 (2011) | 40.3km |
Goldfield | 268 (2011) | 53.6km |
Mindat Locality ID:
63382
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:63382:9
GUID (UUID V4):
e68e1ce4-27eb-4ca5-ba51-82c15f8f363d
Structure: Faults, Generally Trending NW
Alteration: Strong
Commodity: Ore is commonly sheared and broken into fine-grained, flaky, light-colored material. Less commonly, the ore is massive but cut by numerous shear surfaces. Chlorite is the most abundant ore mineral with talc equal to it or in lesser amounts
Deposit: Talcose bodies are exposed for 700 ft in a nw-se zone along or near the contact between the dolomite and the igneous rocks, or in the igneous rocks. Ore bodies trend NW to W, and are irregular with sharp undulating contacts with adjacent rocks. Some contacts are faults. Discovery year: 1939-1941
Development: Most exploration and mining was done by lessees. For the first several years, beginning about 1941, all mining was underground from the 65 - ft shaft near n. Edge of largest open pit. H.N. Stewart leased the property from about 1945 to 1970 when he mined most of the largest open pit and all of the smaller pits to the northwest
Rock formation(s): Reed Dolomite
Ore(s): Igneous Contact
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5 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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β Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
β 'Chlorite Group' |
β Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
β Muscovite var. Sericite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
β 'Plagioclase' Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
β Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
β Talc Formula: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
β Tremolite Formula: ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
β | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
β | Tremolite | 9.DE.10 | β»Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
β | Talc | 9.EC.05 | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
β | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
β | var. Sericite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Unclassified | |||
β | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
β | 'Plagioclase' | - | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
H | β Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
H | β Tremolite | ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
H | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
C | Carbon | |
C | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
O | β Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
O | β Tremolite | ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
O | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
O | β Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
Na | Sodium | |
Na | β Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
Mg | Magnesium | |
Mg | β Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
Mg | β Tremolite | ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Al | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Al | β Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | β Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
Si | β Tremolite | ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
Si | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Si | β Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
K | Potassium | |
K | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
K | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
Ca | β Tremolite | ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
Ca | β Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
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Link to USGS MRDS: | 10046852 |
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