White Eagle mine, Sylvania Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| White Eagle mine | Mine |
| Sylvania Mining District | Mining District |
| Esmeralda County | County |
| Nevada | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 26' 22'' North , 117° 45' 27'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Silver Peak | 107 (2011) | 36.7km |
| Dyer | 259 (2011) | 37.2km |
Structure: Nw-Trending Fault Terminates Oasis-Palmetto Fault Zone To The Southeast
Commodity: Most ore is broken, consisting of small rounded fragments in fine-grained flakey matrix with dolomite fragments up to a foot in diameter, and small amounts of calcite, quartz and chlorite.
Deposit: Talc bodies are bordered by faults dipping NE to N at moderate to steep angles. Main orebody formed along the dolomite-quartz monzonite cntact and was mined from a 100-ft long open pit. Just to the north is another ore body mined from an adit and inclined shaft. It is 100 ft long. 1-6 ft wide and 130 ft downdip at 55 degrees -65 degrees
Development: Property was worked by lessees who mined from a small open pit and from an adit level. An inclined shaft was sunk in 1942 to a depth of 50 ft belo W adit level to extract deeper ore. Mine idle from until 1943 to at least 1975
Rock formation(s): Sylvania Pluton
Wyman;Reed
Ore(s): Complex Se-Trending Fault Contact Between Dolomite And Intrusive Rocks
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3 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ 'Chlorite Group' |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Talc Formula: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Talc | 9.EC.05 | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10047109 |
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