Mine detail: C & C Shaft

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Location

Lat / long:

39.31101, -119.64406

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Copper
Tertiary:	Iron, Zinc
Ore:	Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stephanite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1873

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1872

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Faults
Alteration processes:	Pervasive Silicification; Propylitization

References

MRDS	M231202
DEP	10043901
Reference	{Deposit:: GIANELLA, V. P., 1936, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER CITY DISTRICT AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL., VOL. 30, NO. 9.}{Deposit:: BASTIN, E. S., 1922, BONANZA ORES OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, VIRGINIA CITY, NEV.; U.S.G.S. BULL. 735-C, P. 43-63}{Production:: GIANELLIA, V. P., 1936}
Reporter	La Pointe, D. D.