Mine detail: Perkins Prospect

Previously called 'Washington Mine Perkins Prospects Nos. 1 & 2 Correspond To the UpperAnd Lower Workings of the Washington Mine.'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.64993, -116.96398

Resource(B)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Molybdenum, Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Ferrimolybdite
Orebody form:	DISSEMINATED
Other material:	Fluorite, Pyrrhotite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Phyllite,Shale,Limestone
Structure:	Argillized Shear Zone (N60e, 75se)
Alteration processes:	Some Silicification, Argillization

References

MRDS	M231509
DEP	10044150
Reference	{Deposit:: KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.}{Deposit:: KRAL, V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL 50.}{Deposit:: ERVINE, W.B.,1973,THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL ZONING OF THE SPANISH BELT MINING DISTRICT, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: PH.D. STANFORD UNIV; P.113-117}
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)