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Quailey Mine (Excelsior Mountain Co. Mine; Amalgamated Copper Co. Mine), Whisky Flat Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USAi
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Quailey Mine (Excelsior Mountain Co. Mine; Amalgamated Copper Co. Mine)Mine
Whisky Flat Mining DistrictMining District
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USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 19' 1'' North , 118° 30' 7'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Hawthorne3,269 (2017)25.4km
Mina155 (2011)35.3km
Walker Lake275 (2017)42.9km
Benton280 (2011)55.4km
Mindat Locality ID:
39805
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:39805:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0


T5N R31E
Structure: An East Trending Mineralized Fault, Dips From 70 Deg. South To Vertical Is Cut In Lower Adit

Alteration: Calcification, Silicification

Commodity: Small amounts of scheelite in a gangue of qtz. And altered hornfels materials

Deposit: After a lapse of 65 years, ladd enterprises inc. Is actively working this site ladd enterprises purchased property in may of 1977 , 5,000 tons of commercial quality ore was stockpiled at the mine from earlier production. Current production is trucked 56 mi. To the companys 200 - tpd mill at mina

Geology: Mine area underlain by rocks of the excelsior formation that have been intruded and metamorphosed to hornfels and tactite by granodiorite which occurs As dikes in the area

Rock formation(s): Excelsior Formation


Ore(s): Ore Zone Along Mineralized Fault

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5 valid minerals.

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Group 1 - Elements
Native Gold1.AA.05Au
Native Silver1.AA.05Ag
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Scheelite7.GA.05Ca(WO4)
Unclassified
'Garnet Group'-X3Z2(SiO4)3

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
O ScheeliteCa(WO4)
O Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
SiSilicon
Si Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
SSulfur
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S PyriteFeS2
CaCalcium
Ca ScheeliteCa(WO4)
FeIron
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe PyriteFeS2
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
AgSilver
Ag Native SilverAg
WTungsten
W ScheeliteCa(WO4)
AuGold
Au Native GoldAu

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