Mine detail: Caledonia

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Location: Eureka County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.1963, -116.56731
dep_id: 10044682
mrds_id: M232244
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Galena, Pyrite
orebody_fm: STRATABOUND, TABULAR
work_type: Underground
model: 72: Polymetallic replacement
ore_ctrl: Intersection Of Faults, Fissures & Fractures With Favorable Permeable Horizons. Hydrothermal Fluids Associated W/ Mill Canyon Stock Eminated Through The Intruded Carbonate Along Such Passageways, Precipatating The Ore Minerals In Response To Changing Pressure, Temperative, Eh, & Ph.
Reporter: Kirkham, Richard A.
hrock_unit: Wenban Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Mill Canyon Stock (Quartz-Monzonite)
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Structure: Roberts Mtn Thrust
discr: Strat Abound, Tabular
References:
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 64
  • Deposit:: USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO 41, REFERENCE NO 3201100074
  • Deposit:: EMMONS W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA, LANDER, & ELKO GOS., USGS BULL 408
  • Deposit:: GILLUBY J., & MASURSKY H. (1965) GEOLOGY OF THE CORTEZ QUADRANGLE, NEV. USGS BULL 1175
  • Production:: EMMONS, W.H., 1918
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