Mine detail: Western Lock Prospect

Previously called 'Western Lock and Key Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.53323, -117.119

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	TABULAR, LENSES
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1875

Geology

Host rock:	Battle Formation; Harmony Formation
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Antler And Dewitt Thrust Faults, Ne-Trending Faults
Alteration processes:	Strong

References

MRDS	M231394
DEP	10044073
Reference	{Deposit:: HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL 594}{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.}{Production:: ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D. D.