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Posted: 30 May 2014

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Mound House Mine

Mound House Mine
Outside (yes!) Mound House, Nevada. Altho it's not far from the Comstock, it's mining an industrial mineral--gypsum--not gold or silver. Telephoto view--the powerlines were unfortunately placed!
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 Thérèse
Thérèse club
comme la nature est maltraitée !!!
9 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
I find it interesting that the mine is in a hillside, the largest gypsum mine here is in a dry lake.
9 years ago.
 slgwv
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Gypsum is often an evaporite mineral (i.e., precipitated by evaporation), so lake beds are not an uncommon occurrence! Here, tho, the gypsum seems to be associated with volcanic activity, according to a quick skim of the relevant section of Nevada Bureau of Mines & Geology Bull. 75, "Geology and mineral deposits of Lyon, Douglas, and Ormsby Counties, Nevada."
9 years ago.

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