Mine detail: Bullwacker Mine

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Location: Eureka County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.5227, -115.99701
dep_id: 10044780
mrds_id: M232368
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead, Gold
Trace mineral: Arsenic, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Hemimorphite, Limonite, Plumbojarosite
gangue: Beudantite, Hydrozincite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR, TABULAR
model: 72: Polymetallic replacement
conc_proc: Oxidation Of Sulfides Above The Water Table
ore_ctrl: Favorable Horizons Where Cut By Ore-Controlling Fissures
Reporter: Kirkham, Richard A.
arock_type: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Structure: Series Of Small Vertical Faults Cut The Tilted & Domed Beds
Year first produced: 1876
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1876
References:
  • 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)
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