Mine detail: Tehama Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.59239, -118.11875

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Freibergite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Biotite, Quartz
Orebody form:	VEIN

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stockwork
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Shale,Sandstone,Limestone,Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	American Basin Fault, 2 Nw Normal Faults (Post-Mineral); Pre-Mineral Fault Zones.
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Sericitization, Pyritization Of Rhyolite

References

MRDS	M060331
DEP	10042515
Reference	{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89}{Deposit:: CAMERON, 1939, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE NE HUMBOLDT RANGE, NEVADA; GSA BULL. V.50 NO.4}{Deposit:: MELBYE, C.E., 1956, PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF THE TEHAMA MINES, SANTA CLARA DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; UNPUBLISHED REPORT FOR COLORADO EXPLORATION CO.}
Reporter	Johnson, Maureen G., Royse, Sue E., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)