Mine detail: Haystack Mine

Previously called 'Lone StarJungo StarNBMG Sample Site 2848'

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Location: Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.80906, -118.40432
dep_id: 10042498
mrds_id: M060308
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver
Trace mineral: Copper, Bismuth, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold
gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
work_type: Unknown
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Johnson, Maureen G., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Royse, Sue E., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)
hrock_type: Diorite
arock_type: Diorite
Year first produced: 1915
References:
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
  • Deposit:: VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM 1C 6902
  • Deposit:: QUADE, JACK, 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 14 SEP 84, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
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