Mine detail: Wide Awake Mine

Previously called 'Stindt and Donohue LeaseNBMG Sample Site 799Harney Group.'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.91552, -114.43112

Resource(B)

Primary:	Lead, Silver, Manganese
Tertiary:	Antimony, Arsenic, Barium-Barite, Copper, Iron, Zinc, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena
Gangue:	Jarosite, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1937

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Prospect Mountain Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale
Structure:	Highland Thrust Plate, Major Nw Normal Faults . Several Periods Of Tectonic Activity Evident. . Several Periods Of Tectonic Activity Evident., Normal Fault, Thrust Fault
Alteration processes:	Epithermal; Silicification

References

MRDS	M032019
DEP	10037339
Reference	{Deposit:: TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEVADA. NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL 73 P.}{Deposit:: WESTGATE, L.G. AND KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. USGS PROF PAPER 171 P.}{Deposit:: HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA USGS BULL 648 P.}{Deposit:: COUCH, B.F., CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVAD * METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE) UNIV. OF NEVADA BULL 38, P.85-89}{Deposit:: SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983 FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, AUG 22, 1983.}{Deposit:: USGS MAP MF-136}{Deposit:: USGS PP 469}{Deposit:: USBM, 1983, MILS DATA}{Deposit:: WEED, W. H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XV, P. 1221 (HARNEY GROUP).}{Deposit:: STATE MINE INSPECTOR, 1982, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINING OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1981.}{Production:: TSCHANTZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970}
Reporter	Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)