Mine detail: Bullwacker Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.5227, -115.99701

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Gold
Tertiary:	Arsenic, Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Hemimorphite, Limonite, Plumbojarosite
Gangue:	Beudantite, Hydrozincite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, TABULAR
Discovery year:	1876

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1876

Geology

Associated type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock
Structure:	Series Of Small Vertical Faults Cut The Tilted & Domed Beds

References

MRDS	M232368
DEP	10044780
Reference	{Deposit:: ROBERTS ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64}{Deposit:: U.S.B OF M. (ELY) MILS NO 123, REF NO9 3201100085}{Deposit:: NOLAN T.B. (1962) EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV., USGS P.P. 406}{Deposit:: MIESCH A.T. & NOLAN T.B.(1958) GOECHEM PROSPECTING STUDIES AT THE BULLWHACKER MINE, USGS BULL 1000-H}{Production:: NOLAN, T.B., (1962)}
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A.