Mine detail: Sunset Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.52437, -117.05814

Resource(B)

Tertiary:	Barium-Barite, Antimony, Gold
Ore:	Barite, Gold, Stibnite
Gangue:	Pyrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR BANDS, STELLAR AGGREGATES

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Gold Hill Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Thrust Fault
Alteration processes:	Stibnite Is Partly Altered To Valentinite.Silicification

References

MRDS	M231696
DEP	10044299
Reference	FERGUSON, H.G., 1924, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT: USGS BULL 723, P. 158
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)