Mine detail: Green Gold Mine

Previously called 'NBMG Sample Site 2546'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.0524, -118.0054

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Tungsten, Zinc
Ore:	Scheelite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
Other material:	Sphalerite
Discovery year:	1935

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1948
Last production ended:	1960

Geology

Host type:	Slate,Phyllite
Associated type:	Diabase,Granite
Alteration processes:	Some Sericite Alteration Adjacent To Vein

References

MRDS	M060480
DEP	10042626
Reference	{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 89.}{Deposit:: WALLACE ET AL., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF BUFFALO MTN. QUAD, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA; USGS MAP GQ-821.}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.F., JR., 12 SEP 84,BMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.}
Reporter	Johnson, Maureen G., La Pointe, D.D., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)