Mine detail: Quailey Mine

Previously called 'Excelsior Mtn. Co.Amalgamated Copper Co.QualeyQualitySulfide'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.31742, -118.50206

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Copper, Gold
Secondary:	Tungsten
Ore:	Gold, Scheelite, Silver
Gangue:	Chalcopyrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1903

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Metamorphic
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1907

Geology

Host rock:	Excelsior Formation
Host type:	Hornfels,Skarn (Tactite)
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	An East Trending Mineralized Fault, Dips From 70 Deg. South To Vertical Is Cut In Lower Adit
Alteration processes:	Calcification, Silicification

References

MRDS	M035327
DEP	10037462
Reference	{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F. C., 1923 , MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEV. ; RENO NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., P 137 - 157}{Deposit:: ROSS, D. L., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58}{Deposit:: DMEA - 3289 (CONF.)}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1975 , VOL. 176 , NO. 11 , P 240}{Deposit:: 1927 RECON NEV. NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO}{Deposit:: 1954 RECON DMEA - 3289 (CONF.)}{Deposit:: 1961 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 58}{Production:: E & MJ ( F4 )}
Reporter	Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.)