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Rock Creek antimony prospect (Portland group?; Mountain View; Rock Creek prospects), Rock Creek Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USAi
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Rock Creek antimony prospect (Portland group?; Mountain View; Rock Creek prospects)Prospect
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 20' 6'' North , 116° 30' 5'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
41.33518,-116.50150
GRN:
N28W63
Type:
Prospect
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Mindat Locality ID:
41438
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:41438:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Structure: North-Trending East Dipping Faults

Deposit: Vein/fault zone with cinnabar veinlets & disseminations. Located a mile north of rock creek, only a small amount of development. Had been done by 1943, and no production had been recorded ; info.src : 1 pub lit

Development: Small amount of developement done by 1943, with no production recorded

Geology: The andesite is cut by north-trending faults that dip steeply east along the faults cinnabar occurs w/pyrite, in quartz veinlets and disseminated in alterred andesite. Some stibnite is said to accompany the ore (bailey & phoenix).

Ore(s): Fault Zone

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6 valid minerals.

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Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘCinnabar2.CD.15aHgS
ⓘStibnite2.DB.05Sb2S3
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
ⓘMarcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
ⓘArsenopyrite2.EB.20FeAsS
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
Sⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Sⓘ CinnabarHgS
Sⓘ MarcasiteFeS2
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
Sⓘ StibniteSb2S3
FeIron
Feⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Feⓘ MarcasiteFeS2
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
AsArsenic
Asⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
SbAntimony
Sbⓘ StibniteSb2S3
HgMercury
Hgⓘ CinnabarHgS

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References

BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
Granger, Et Al, (1957), Geology and Mineral Resources of Elko County, Nevada: NBMG Bull. 54
Holmes, (1965), Mercury in Nevada: in USBM Ic 8252
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