Mine detail: Hale & Norcross Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

39.30351, -119.64989

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Secondary:	Copper, Lead
Tertiary:	Zinc, Iron
Ore:	Argentite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1859

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1866

Geology

Host rock:	Alta Andesite
Host type:	Andesite
Structure:	Regional Dip To Nw Or W, Faults
Alteration processes:	Propylitization, Oxidation, Pyritization

References

MRDS	M231224
DEP	10043920
Reference	STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950
Reporter	Flynn, Patricia Dodd