Mine detail: Cornish Claims

Previously called 'NBMG Sample Site 2550'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.02768, -118.02485

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Galena
Gangue:	Quartz
Discovery year:	1872

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Occurrence
First production started:	1872

Geology

Host type:

Shale,Limestone

References

MRDS	M060482
DEP	10042627
Reference	{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 89.}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINER RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWS LETTER PUBL. CO., P. 11-12.}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.F., JR., 24 SEP 84, FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.}
Reporter	Johnson, Maureen G., La Pointe, D.D., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)