Mine detail: Northern Lights Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.60657, -117.02788

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Copper
Gangue:	Chalcedony, Goethite, Hematite, Jarosite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Harmony Formation;Harmony Formation
Host type:	Siltstone,Sandstone
Associated rock:	Unknown
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Dewitt Thrust Fault
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Pyritization, Argillization, Sericitization. See Geology Comments.

References

MRDS	M231366
DEP	10044047
Reference	{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R. J., AND ARNOLD, D. C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA, USGS PROF. PAPER 459-B.}{Deposit:: STEWART, J. H., MCKEE, E. H., AND STAGER, H. K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA, NBMG BULL. 88.}{Deposit:: SCHMIDT, K. W., WOTRUBA, P. R., AND JOHNSON, S. D., 1988, GOLD-SILVER AND RELATED MINERALIZATION AT COPPER BASIN, NEVADA, IN GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA, SPECIAL PUBLICATION #8, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO.}{Production:: PRE-1965 CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION: ROBERTS, R. J., AND ARNOLD, D. C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA, USGS PROF. PAPER 459-B.}
Reporter	Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.), La Pointe, D. D.