Mine detail: Franz Hammel Mine

Previously called 'Jamestown'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.54106, -116.79034

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Gangue: Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Antelope Springs Rhyolitic Welded Tuff
Host type:Tuff

References

MRDSM231987
DEP10044535
Reference{Deposit:: KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 211-212.}{Deposit:: BALL, S.H., 1906, NOTES ON THE ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA IN EMMONS, S.F., AND ECKEL, E.C., CONTRIBUTION TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1905: USGS BULL. 285}
ReporterWong, George (Roberts, Ralph)