Mine detail: Iron Canyon Mine

Previously called 'San Miguel MineCompromisePlanet'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.54601, -117.10816

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver, Gold
Secondary:	Copper, Zinc, Arsenic, Antimony
Ore:	Calamine, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Gypsum, Iron
Orebody form:	TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1908

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1908

Geology

Host rock:	Scott Canyon Formation
Host type:	Shale,Limestone,Chert
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Dewitt Thrust Fault, Wing Fault
Alteration processes:	Argillic

References

MRDS	M231347
DEP	10044029
Reference	{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J., ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B}{Production:: ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D. D.