Mine detail: Nevada-Omaha Mine

Previously called 'Limelite Claim'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.52018, -117.10066

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Ore: Limonite, Pyrite, Silver
Gangue: Calcite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1909

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1909

Geology

Host rock:Scott Canyon Formation
Host type:Quartzite,Argillite
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Thrust Faults, N-Trending Faults

References

MRDSM231364
DEP10044045
Reference{Deposit:: HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE. CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA; USGS 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:: THOMAS, C.S., 1909, BANNOCK, NEVADA; MINING & SCIENTIFIC PRESS VOL. P. 820}{Production:: ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965.}
ReporterLa Pointe, D. D.