Mine detail: Little Giant Mine

Previously called 'Silver Leaf Group Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.60712, -117.07594

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Secondary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Antimony, Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Jarosite, Polybasite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1867

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1869

Geology

Host rock:	Harmony Formation
Host type:	Hornfels,Shale,Sandstone
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Thrust Faults, Nw-Trending Faults
Alteration processes:	Strong Sericitic, Pyritic, Propylitic, Phyllic Alteration Of The Granite Porphyry, Increasing In Intesity Toward Veins.

References

MRDS	M231350
DEP	10044032
Reference	{Deposit:: STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES. BULL 88}{Deposit:: HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE. CALIF 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. BULL. 459-B}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D.