Mine detail: Irwin Mine

Previously called 'Esmeralda ClaimMayolli Claimirwin GroupHillside Claim'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.38217, -115.55198

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Gold
Ore:	Galena
Gangue:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1905

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Alteration processes:	Country Rocks Are Locally Bleached, Sericitized, Argillized, And Iron-Oxide Stained Adjacent To The Deposit.

References

MRDS	M231786
DEP	10044377
Reference	{Deposit:: HYDE, JH AND HUTTRER, GW, 1970, GEOL. OF CENTRAL GRANT RANGE: AAPG BULL, V.54, NO. 3, P. 503-521}{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:: HILL, J.M.,1916, USGS BULL 648.}
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)