Mine detail: Buena Vista Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.55712, -117.13428

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver, Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony, Zinc
Ore: Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1867

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1875

Geology

Host rock:Pumpernickel Formation
Host type:Shale,Chert
Associated type:Quartzite,Latite
Structure:Golconda Thrust Fault, N-S Trending Steeply Dipping Faults.
Alteration processes:Strong Hydrothermal Alteration Of Chert & Shale.

References

MRDSM231307
DEP10043994
Reference{Deposit:: STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, 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.}{Deposit:: THEODORE, T.G. AND BLAKE, D.W., 1975, GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE COPPER CANYON PORPHRY COPPER DEPOSITS AND SURROUNDING AREA, LANDER CO., NEV: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 798-B.}{Production:: STEWART, MCKEE, AND STAGER, 1977.}
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