Mine detail: Little Smoky No. 2 Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.08686, -117.17732

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Mercury, Copper
Ore:	Malachite
Discovery year:	1957

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Alteration processes:	The Tuffaceous Rocks Are Bleached.

References

MRDS	M231802
DEP	10044390
Reference	KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)