Mine detail: Defiance Mine

Previously called 'Defiance Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.60632, -114.5678

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Tungsten
Secondary:	Gold, Silver, Lead
Ore:	Chrysocolla, Copper, Malachite, Scheelite
Gangue:	Epidote, Garnet, Iron, Pyrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1882

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Limestone
Structure:	Fault
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	M031203
DEP	10037243
Reference	{Deposit:: HILL, JAMES M, 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, US GEO. BULL. 648}{Deposit:: HOSE R. K., BLAKE M. C., AND SMITH R., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 85}{Deposit:: STAGER, H.K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.}{Deposit:: USBM, 1983 MILS DATA.}
Reporter	Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)