Mine detail: Ninety-Nine Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.95193, -115.46584

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Lead
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Vanadium
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Cuprodescloizite, Malachite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Large Scale Overthrusting, Extensive Ninety-Nine Fault Is Ne Of The Shaft

References

MRDS	D000026
DEP	10008113
Reference	{Deposit:: HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 , P. 108 - 109 .}{Deposit:: LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUR. OF MINES, BULL. 62 , P. 186 .}{Production:: LONGWELL, PAMPEYAN, BOWYER, ROBERTS, 1965}
Reporter	Fischer, Richard P., Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.)