Mine detail: Bailey Day Mine

Previously called 'Bailey Day and Angela Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.63129, -117.02872

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Copper, Lead, Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Hematite, Limonite, Malachite, Tenorite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1934

Geology

Host rock:	Harmony Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Thrust Faults Along Contact Of Harmony And Battle Formations, Nw-Trending Faults

References

MRDS	M231296
DEP	10043983
Reference	{Deposit:: STEWART, J. H., MC KEE, E. H., AND STAGER, H. K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 88}{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.}
Reporter	Flynn, Patricia Dodd, Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)