Mine detail: Calico Shaft

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Location

Lat / long:

39.04548, -117.96845

Resource(M)

Primary:	Molybdenum, Lead, Silver
Ore:	Molybdenite
Gangue:	Pyrite
Orebody form:	COATS FRACTURES
Discovery year:	1920

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Diorite,Hornfels,Rhyolite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Calico Fault (Ne, 60 Nw) With Volcanics On The Hanging Wall.
Alteration processes:	Pyritization, Argillization Of Rhyolite

References

MRDS	M030043
DEP	10037026
Reference	KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS
Reporter	Theodore, Ted G., Lapointe, D.D.