Mine detail: Avalanche Prospect

Previously called 'Blossom Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.56073, -117.13039

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Gold
Ore:	Anglesite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1869

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1880

Geology

Host rock:	Edna Mountain Formation;Pumpernickel Formation
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Sandstone,Chert
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Major Thrust Faults, Numerous N-Trending Faults; Virgin Fault Zone

References

MRDS	M231295
DEP	10043982
Reference	{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}
Reporter	La Pointe, D. D.