Mine detail: Cyanide Shaft

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Location: Eureka County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.51521, -115.93007
dep_id: 10044779
mrds_id: M232366
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
alteration: Irregular Jasperoid Formed Beneath The Shale
conc_proc: Oxidation Of Sulfides Below The Water Table
ore_ctrl: Fractured, Permeable Zones
Reporter: Kirkham, Richard A.
hrock_unit: Hamburg Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
References:
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, EL AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., N.B. OF M. BULL 64
  • Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO. 121, REFERENCE NO 3201100089
  • Deposit:: NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV., USGS P.P. 406
  • Production:: NOLAN, T.B., (1962)
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