Mine detail: Badger

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.35019, -116.69176

Resource(N)

Primary:	Gemstone
Ore:	Turquoise
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1938

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Slaven Formation
Host type:	Shale
Associated type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust In A Zone Of Inbricate Thrust Sheet. The Mine Is Just Below The Lander Thrust Plate, Imbricate Thrust Slices And High Angle Basin Range Faults
Alteration processes:	Silicification Of Host Rocks Outward From Fault

References

MRDS	M232475
DEP	10044857
Reference	{Deposit:: STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO., N.B.M. BULL 88}{Deposit:: USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 87, RETERENCE NO. 3201500376}{Deposit:: MORRISSEY F.R. (1968) TURQUOISE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, N.B.M. REPT. 17.}{Deposit:: WRUCKE C.T. (1974) GEOLGOIC MAP OF THE TENABO AREA LANDER CO. NEV., USGS MAP MF 647}{Production:: MORRISSEY, 1968, TURQUOISE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.}
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A.