Mine detail: Pollard Canyon Prospects

Previously called 'Mg ClaimsChubbs, Toylode, Mountain View ClaimsPorcupine and Black Prince ClaimsNBMG Sample Site 2331Phipps-Foster Group, H.A. Brown Group, Brady Group, Smith Group,Schurz Group'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.51907, -117.51707

Resource(B)

Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Barium-Barite, Mercury
Ore: Braunite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
Gangue: Chalcedony, Quartz
Discovery year: 1950

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Argillite

References

MRDSM060500
DEP10042639
Reference{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 89.}{Deposit:: TRENGROVE, 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF NEVADA MANGANESE DEPOSITS; USBM REPORT INV. 5446.}{Deposit:: USGS, MAP GQ-11.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J., AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON HG DEPOSITS OF NEVADA. #5. GARSDIE, L.J., 12 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS. #6. NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 270, ITEMS #4, #5, #7, #8, #9, AND #10.}
ReporterJohnson, Maureen G., La Pointe, D.D.