Mine detail: Siegel Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.72882, -114.60892

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Manganese
Tertiary:	Gold, Lead
Ore:	Alabandite, Galena, Lead, Rhodochrosite, Siderite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Other material:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1882

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Pole Canyon (Eldorado) Limestone;Pioche Shale
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Limestone
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Numerous Faults
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	M031210
DEP	10037249
Reference	{Deposit:: HILL, JAMES M. 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, U.S. GEO BULL. 648}{Deposit:: RANSOME AND BURCHARD, 1919, CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEO. PART 1 METALS & NONMETALS EXCEPT FUELS USGS BULL 710}{Deposit:: HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C. JR.,AND SMITH, R.M., 1976, NBMG BULL 85, P.43.}{Deposit:: PARDEE, J.T. AND JONES, E.L. JR., 1920, USGS BULL 71O-F, P. 212-216.}{Deposit:: SCHMITT, HARRISON, 1954, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 322, ITEM 4; UNPUB. MATERIAL.}{Deposit:: NBMG DISTRICT FILE 322 PRESS CLIPPINGS, 1935 MINING RECORD CLIPPING.}{Deposit:: USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.}{Deposit:: COUCH, B.F. AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NBMG BULL 38, P. 150.}{Production:: HILL 1916}
Reporter	Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)