Mine detail: Winters Mine

Previously called 'Burke MineSweeney'

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Location: Douglas County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.87435, -119.48266
dep_id: 10037722
mrds_id: M035901
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Minor mineral: Iron, Copper
Trace mineral: Lead, Antimony
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Pyrite
orebody_fm: LENSES, STRINGERS
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
alteration: Oxidized To A Depth Of 150 Ft.
ore_ctrl: Qtz. Stringers Occur Irregularly In Lense Of Crushed Argillites
Reporter: Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.)
hrock_type: Argillite
arock_type: Monzonite
disc_yr: 1865
References:
  • Deposit:: BURKE, A. J., 1913 , REPORT FROM SUPERINTENDENT OF MINE UNPUBL. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES FILE.
  • Deposit:: HILL, J. M., 1915 , SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIF. AND NW NEV., USGS BULL. 594 .
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