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Governor Mine (Hunt property; Silver Fox Mine; Combination Mine; Florence Mine; Portland claims), Ivanhoe Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USAi
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Governor Mine (Hunt property; Silver Fox Mine; Combination Mine; Florence Mine; Portland claims)Mine
Ivanhoe Mining DistrictMining District
Elko CountyCounty
NevadaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 8' 40'' North , 116° 37' 12'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Mindat Locality ID:
41290
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:41290:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Structure: Minor Drag Folds Along Steep Normal Faults

Alteration: Silicification

Tectonics: Basin And Range

Deposit: Ore bodies dip steeply along fault and lie flat in opalite

Geology: Geol.desc: pretertiary quartzite and chert nearly everywhere mantled by tert. Volcanics. Miocene rhyolite and andesite flows and tuff tilted, bevelled, overlain by flat - lying rhyolitic tuffs.

Ore(s): Fracture Filling And Dissemination Along Fractures And A Steep Fault In Opalite.

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5 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
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Baryte7.AD.35BaSO4
Alunite7.BC.10KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H AluniteKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
H OpalSiO2 · nH2O
OOxygen
O AluniteKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
O BaryteBaSO4
O Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
O OpalSiO2 · nH2O
O QuartzSiO2
AlAluminium
Al AluniteKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
SiSilicon
Si Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Si OpalSiO2 · nH2O
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S AluniteKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
S BaryteBaSO4
S CinnabarHgS
KPotassium
K AluniteKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
BaBarium
Ba BaryteBaSO4
HgMercury
Hg CinnabarHgS

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