Mine detail: Original Bullfrog Mine

Previously called 'Burm Ball Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.90052, -116.88395

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Cerargyrite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Gold, Malachite, Silver
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite
Discovery year:	1904

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Shale,Limestone
Structure:	Original Bullfrog Fault.

References

MRDS	M231920
DEP	10044477
Reference	{Deposit:: RANSOME, F.L., ET AL, 1910, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BULLFROG DISTRICT: USGS BULL. 407, P. 122.}{Deposit:: KRAL, VE, 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 35-36}{Production:: KRAL, 1951, P. 35}
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)