Mine detail: Poor Boy Claim

Previously called 'Argentum Grounds'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.02714, -117.89956

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Copper

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Limestone
Structure:Shear Zones (N50w, 80sw; N80w, 75sw) Major Wnw-Trending Normal Fault; Nw-Striking Range-Front Fault.
Alteration processes:The Brown Limestone Is Partly Dolomitized And Silicified. Porphyry Is Slightly Limonitized, Chloritized, And Sericitized.

References

MRDSM231636
DEP10044257
ReferenceKLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS
ReporterWong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)