Mine detail: Woodville Shaft

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Location

Lat / long:

39.27434, -119.65044

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Secondary:	Lead, Copper
Tertiary:	Zinc, Iron
Ore:	Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Alta Andesite
Host type:	Andesite
Structure:	Silver City Fault
Alteration processes:	Strong-Sericitization, Pyritization, Propylitization

References

MRDS	M231255
DEP	10043946
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; UNIV. NEVADA BULL. VOL. 30, NO. 9}{Production:: STODDARD, C., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950}
Reporter	Flynn, Patricia Dodd