Mine detail: Macnamara Mine

Previously called 'Bullion ClaimMammoth Claim'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.53106, -117.59286

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite
Gangue:	Barite, Pyrite
Discovery year:	1880

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Palmetto Formation;Emigrant Formation
Host type:	Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Associated type:	Granite

References

MRDS	M232106
DEP	10044599
Reference	SPURR, J.E., 1906, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER PEAK QUAD., NEV.: USGS PP 55, P. 93-94
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)