Mine detail: Oest Mine

Previously called 'NBMG # 3654'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.25657, -119.651

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Electrum
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR, LENSES
Discovery year:	1887

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1888

Geology

Host type:	Metavolcanic Rock
Structure:	The Northeast-Trending Fault System Forms A Major Structure That Can Be Traced On The Surface For Over Two Miles Along The Strike, Haywood-Oest Fault
Tectonic:	Haywood-Odest Fault Near The Junction Of The Two Major Veins

References

MRDS	M231239
DEP	10043934
Reference	{Deposit:: STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 49}{Deposit:: GIANELLA, V.P., 1936, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER CITY DISTRICT AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, NEVADA; UNIV. OF NEV. BULL. VOL 30, NO. 9}{Deposit:: TELLURIDE CLAIMS SILVER CITY MINING DISTRICT,LYON COUNTY,QUADE VISIT SITE 5-11-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).}{Production:: STODDARD, C., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950}
Reporter	Flynn, Patricia Dodd, Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.)