Mine detail: Bluestone Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.95991, -119.2307

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Silver, Gypsum-Anhydrite
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Andradite, Calcite, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz, Wollastonite
Orebody form:	ELLIPTICAL
Discovery year:	1885

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Sedimentary
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Hornfels,Marble
Associated rock:	Yerington Batholith
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Numerous Faults One Of Which Being Transverse
Alteration processes:	Skarn Zone

References

MRDS	M035864
DEP	10037692
Reference	{Deposit:: KNOPF, A., 1918 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE YERINGTON DISTRICT, NEV., USGS PROF. PAPER 114}{Deposit:: 1907 RECON MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS}{Deposit:: 1918 GEOLMAP KNOPF, A., USGS PROF. PAPER 114}{Deposit:: 1969 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 75}{Production:: COUCH AND CARPENTER, 1943 , NEV. METAL AND MINERAL PROD., UNIV. OF NEV. BULL. VOL. 27 , NO. 4}
Reporter	Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.)