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Roseamalis mine, Sylvania Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USAi
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Roseamalis mineMine
Sylvania Mining DistrictMining District
Esmeralda CountyCounty
NevadaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 26' 31'' North , 117° 46' 16'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Dyer259 (2011)36.1km
Silver Peak107 (2011)36.8km
Mindat Locality ID:
60850
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:60850:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Roseamelia Mine


Structure: Palmetto-Oasis Thrust (A Complex Fault Zone)

Alteration: Chloritization Of Quartz Monzonite Near Contact

Commodity: 2 types ore: talc-rich and chlorite-rich, talc-rich ore is white to light greenish gray, fine-grained, compact, soft with small amounts of chlorite and calcite. Chlorite-rich ore is greenish-gray, very fine-grained, brecciated, with small amounts of talc, calcite, and quartz

Deposit: Talcose bodies occur As irregular lenses along the fault zone, 15 to 150 ft in strike length. Chlorite-rich material from open pits and adit in lower roseamelia mine area

Development: Mine was operated by ernest and al lemke until 1941 when it was purchased by nevada minerals co. Who operated it from 1941 to 1947. It was acquired in 1948 by sierra talc and clay co., but was not operated by them.

Rock formation(s): Sylvania Pluton
Reed Dolomite


Ore(s): Palmetto-Oasis Thrust (A Complex Fault Zone)

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3 valid minerals.

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Group 9 - Silicates
Talc9.EC.05Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
Unclassified
'Chlorite Group'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
O CalciteCaCO3
O QuartzSiO2
O TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
MgMagnesium
Mg TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
Si TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3

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