Mine detail: Violet Claim

Previously called 'Tenabo'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.30463, -116.68565

Resource(M)

Primary:	Molybdenum, Gold, Silver
Ore:	Molybdenite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1910

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1910

Geology

Host rock:	Valmy Formation
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Chert
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust
Alteration processes:	Country Rocks Pyrometa Somatized To Horntels And Calc-Silicate Skarn, Adjacent To Tenabo Stock.

References

MRDS	M232479
DEP	10044861
Reference	{Deposit:: STAGER H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO. NEV., N.B.M. BULL 88}{Deposit:: USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS. NO. 70., REFERENCE NO. 3201500163}{Deposit:: EMMONS W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN ELKO, LANDER, & EUREKA COS., USGS BULL 408}{Deposit:: WRUCKE C.T. (1974) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TENABO AREA, LANDER CO NEV. USGS MAP-647}{Production:: STAGER, H.K., 1977}
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A.