Mine detail: Big Mouth

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.77683, -119.42739

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Hematite, Jarosite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Calcite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated type:	Ash-Flow Tuff
Structure:	Nne-Trending Fault Zones.
Alteration processes:	Propylization

References

MRDS	M231126
DEP	10043840
Reference	{Deposit:: BONHAM, HF, GEOL & MIN DEP, WASHOE, STOREY CO, NEVADA, NBMG BULL 70, 1969}{Deposit:: OVERTON, TD, MIN RESOURCES, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, WASHOE, CO, NEV NBMG BULL 46, 1947}
Reporter	Tingley, J.V.