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Stormy Day mine, Hooker Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USAi
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Stormy Day mineMine
Hooker Mining DistrictMining District
Pershing CountyCounty
NevadaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 26' 14'' North , 119° 17' 31'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Empire217 (2011)15.9km
Gerlach206 (2011)24.4km
Sutcliffe253 (2011)60.1km
Mindat Locality ID:
58212
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:58212:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Alteration: Silicification

Commodity: Lamping of ore showed it to be of very good grade. Averaged 0.66% wo3.

Deposit: This record has been merged with m234143 As well As m060203, m030092 and d001180 which have been deleted. Tactite bodies occur along the contact of marblized limestone/dolomite and granite. Three ore shoots occur along strike of the contact; the central ore shoot is fully developed while the other 2 are only partially developed.

Deposit type: W skarn

Development: First developed during WWII. Production from 1941 to 1957 by shrinkage stope methods from 300 feet of drifts 105 and 125 feet below the surface and 390-foot drifts from the main adit. In 1985, the main adit had an ore-bin and stockpiles of ore near the entrance, which were sampled (2921). Deposit was first explored by small adits and test pits along the outcrop zone for about 3 miles. A lease and option was obtained by stanley f. O'leary, who explored the south part of the deposit with government assistance under the dmea program, during 1953-1954. Other individuals and mining companies leased the property for short periods until 1957. Diamond drilling in 1953 indicated that ore extended at least 100 ft below the lowest adit level. Inactive in 1985; mined is locked up and appears to have been so for a considerable period of time.

Rock formation(s): Auld Lang Syne Group


Ore(s): Igneous Contact Of Granodiorite With Carbonate Rocks

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8 valid minerals.

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Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Epidote
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
'Garnet Group'
Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3
Molybdenite
Formula: MoS2
Powellite
Formula: Ca(MoO4)
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
'Pyroxene Group'
Formula: ADSi2O6
Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Scheelite
Formula: Ca(WO4)

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Pyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
Molybdenite2.EA.30MoS2
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Powellite7.GA.05Ca(MoO4)
Scheelite7.GA.05Ca(WO4)
Group 9 - Silicates
Epidote9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Unclassified
'Pyroxene Group'-ADSi2O6
'Garnet Group'-X3Z2(SiO4)3

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
OOxygen
O Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
O PowelliteCa(MoO4)
O QuartzSiO2
O ScheeliteCa(WO4)
O Pyroxene GroupADSi2O6
O Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
AlAluminium
Al Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
SiSilicon
Si Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Si QuartzSiO2
Si Pyroxene GroupADSi2O6
Si Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
SSulfur
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S MolybdeniteMoS2
S PyriteFeS2
S PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
CaCalcium
Ca Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Ca PowelliteCa(MoO4)
Ca ScheeliteCa(WO4)
FeIron
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
MoMolybdenum
Mo MolybdeniteMoS2
Mo PowelliteCa(MoO4)
WTungsten
W ScheeliteCa(WO4)

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