Mine detail: Pinite Mine

Previously called 'Bullhead Claim.NBMG Sample Sites 2714 and 2715.'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.25712, -118.0768

Resource(N)

Primary:	Mica
Gangue:	Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	MASSIVE AND BANDED
Other material:	Pyrophyllite
Discovery year:	1933

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1937

Geology

Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Steeply Dipping Fault
Alteration processes:	Country Rock Is Commonly Altered With Development Of Sericite, Kaolinite, Calcite, And In Places Is Silicified.

References

MRDS	M060392
DEP	10042564
Reference	{Deposit:: PAPKE, K.G., 1975, TALCOSE MINERALS IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 84; P 54.}{Deposit:: MCLENEGAN, J.D., HIGH-ALUMINA MINERAL RESOURCES IN CALIFORINIA & NEVADA; USBM REPT. INV. 5183}{Deposit:: VIKRE, P.G, 1978, GEOLOGY & SILVER MINERALIZATION OF THE ROCHESTER DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA PH.D. THESIS STANFORD UNIV.}{Deposit:: PAPKE, K. G., 14SEP84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.}{Deposit:: NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.}
Reporter	Johnson, Maureen G., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)