Mine detail: Overman Claim

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.28684, -119.65128

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Ore: Electrum, Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form: V-SHAPED TO TABULAR
Discovery year: 1859

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Alta Andesite
Host type:Andesite
Structure:Regional Dip To West And Northwest, Faults
Alteration processes:Oxidation, Propylitization, Pyritizationsilicification Of Sutro Tuffs, Sericitization

References

MRDSM231242
DEP10043935
Reference{Deposit:: STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYNN COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 49}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA NBMG BULL 70}{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 VOL. 30 NO. 9}{Deposit:: WPA STATE WRITE* PROJECT, 1940-41 INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK; UNPUBLISHED OPEN-FILE REPORT, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL.}{Production:: STODDARD, C., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950}
ReporterFlynn, Patricia Dodd