Mine detail: War Eagle Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.6591, -116.94258

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Silver, Lead, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Schist,Shale,Limestone
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	The Contact Between Mayflower Schist And Carrara Formation Is A Fault And In Some Cases A Thrust Fault. A Major Thrust North Of The Adit Places Mayflower And Carrara Over Zabriskie Quartzite.

References

MRDS	M231512
DEP	10044153
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:: ERVINE, W.B., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL ZONING OF THE SPANISH BELT MINING DISTRICT, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: STANFORD UNIV. PH.D. THESIS, P.123.}
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)