Mine detail: Horseshoe-Bonanza

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Location

Lat / long:

40.23991, -116.77037

Resource(N)

Primary:	Gemstone
Ore:	Turquoise
Orebody form:	TABULAR, PODS
Discovery year:	1975

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1975

Geology

Host rock:	Valmy Formation;Elder Sandstone
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Occurrence In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust, Area Is Structurally Complex With Both Units Complexly Folded And Cut By Imbricate Thrust Faults.
Alteration processes:	Argillic Alteration Of Country Rocks Common With Some Jasper, Limonite, And Hematite Occurning Along Faults.

References

MRDS	M232474
DEP	10044856
Reference	{Deposit:: TINGLEY J. (1980) REPORT ON HORSE-BONANZA CLAIMS, LANDER CO. NEV., N.B.M. DISTRICT FILE 15}{Production:: TINGLEY, J.V., 1980}
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A.