Mine detail: Avalanche Prospect

Previously called 'Blossom Mine'

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Location: Lander County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.56073, -117.13039
dep_id: 10043982
mrds_id: M231295
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead
Minor mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
model: 72: Polymetallic replacement
conc_proc: More Ore Was Enriched In Ag And Pb By Oxidation.
ore_ctrl: Fracture Zone, Brecciation, Favorable Beds
Reporter: La Pointe, D. D.
hrock_unit: Edna Mountain Formation;Pumpernickel Formation
hrock_type: Quartzite,Shale,Sandstone,Chert
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Major Thrust Faults, Numerous N-Trending Faults; Virgin Fault Zone
Year first produced: 1880
disc_yr: 1869
References:
  • Deposit:: HILL, J. M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 594
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, R. J. AND ARNOLD, D. C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B.
  • Deposit:: STEWART, J. H., MC KEE, E. H. AND STAGER, H. K., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES. BULL 88
  • Production:: STEWART, J. H., MC KEE, E. H., AND STAGER, H. K., 1977
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