Mine detail: Wheelbarrow Mine

Previously called 'Marietta Mine'

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Location: Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.856, -118.1282
dep_id: 10042500
mrds_id: M060310
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Silver
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
alteration: Silicification Of Hornfels
Reporter: Johnson, Maureen G., La Pointe, D. D., Royse, Sue E., Paidakovich, Matthew E., Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.), Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.), Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_type: Diorite
References:
  • Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W. O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6902.
  • Deposit:: STAFF, 1988, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1987: NBMI MI-1988.
  • Deposit:: LEMMON, D. M., 1977, IN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, P. 65-66.
  • Deposit:: STAGER, H.K., AND TINGLEY, J.V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105, P. 167.
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, P. 65-66.
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