Mine detail: Silicon Mine

Previously called 'Monarch GroupSilica Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.9594, -116.647

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silica
Ore:	Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Tuff
Alteration processes:	Thoroughly Silicified Rhyolitic Tuff.

References

MRDS	M231948
DEP	10044502
Reference	{Deposit:: KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 68}{Deposit:: CORNWALL, H.R. AND KLEINHAMPL, FJ, 1961, GEOL. OF THE BARE MOUNTAIN QUAD; USGS MAP GQ-157.}
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)