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Fox Mine (Pangburn property; Governor group), Ivanhoe Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USAi
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Fox Mine (Pangburn property; Governor group)Mine
Ivanhoe Mining DistrictMining District
Elko CountyCounty
NevadaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 8' 23'' North , 116° 36' 47'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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PlacePopulationDistance
Battle Mountain3,635 (2011)61.6km
Mindat Locality ID:
41289
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:41289:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Alteration: Silica Replacement, Formation Of Opalite

Deposit: Opalite bed of cinnabar-bearing chalcedonized ash & tuff. Ore zone 4-8 ft in thickness along w/ the hunt property, the fox and governor workings became consolidated into the governor group. The principle workings on the pangburn property consists of three shafts and connecting drifts known As the fox mine. Bailey and phoenix (1944 p.14) have published a geologic map of the area

Deposit type: Hot-spring Hg

Geology: The deposit consists of an opalite bed of cinnabar-bearing chalcedonized ash and tuff, in which the ore ranges from 4 to 8 feet in thickness. The cinnabar appears to have been introduced both w/ the silica and after the silica mineralization, for it is disseminated in the opalite and also crusts later openings and fractures.

Ore(s): Favorable Permeable Horizon

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3 valid minerals.

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Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Cinnabar2.CD.15aHgS
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz
var. Chalcedony
4.DA.05SiO2
4.DA.05SiO2
Opal4.DA.10SiO2 · nH2O

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HHydrogen
H OpalSiO2 · nH2O
OOxygen
O Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
O OpalSiO2 · nH2O
O QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Si Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Si OpalSiO2 · nH2O
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S CinnabarHgS
HgMercury
Hg CinnabarHgS

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