Mine detail: Sweet Marie Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.60907, -117.03538

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold, Silver, Lead
Ore: Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite, Pyrite
Orebody form: BLANKET, TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1925

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1925

Geology

Host rock:Harmony Formation
Host type:Metasedimentary Rock
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Folding, Ne-Trending Faults, Nw Faults
Alteration processes:Argillic, Pyritic, Leaching

References

MRDSM231377
DEP10044057
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:: 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:: SAYERS, R.W., TIPPETT, M.C., AND FIELDS, E.D., 1968, THE ORE DEPOSITS AT COPPER CANYON AND COPPER BASIN, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: PAPER PRESENTED AT AIME ANNUAL MEETING, NYC}
ReporterLa Pointe, D.D.