Mine detail: Don Daleminemine

Previously called 'Blue Bird ClaimsNBMG Sample Locations 1468 & 1469.'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.5369, -115.73309

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1946

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Pioche Shale;Prospect Mountain Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Fractures
Alteration processes:	Porphyry Is Bleached, Argillically Altered.

References

MRDS	M032024
DEP	10037343
Reference	{Deposit:: TSCHANZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY NEV BUR MINES BULL 73}{Deposit:: BENSON, WT, 1945, U.S BUR OF MINES, WRITTEN COMMUNICATION}{Deposit:: SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983 FIELD EXAMINATION.}{Production:: TSCHANTZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970}
Reporter	Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)