Mine detail: Old Campground Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.36408, -116.69565

Resource(N)

Primary:	Gemstone
Ore:	Turquoise
Orebody form:	LENSES, TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Elder Sandstone
Host type:	Argillite,Siltstone,Sandstone
Associated type:	Diorite,Plutonic Rock
Structure:	Deposit Is Upper Plate Of Robert Mtn. Thrust, Zone Of Imbricate Thrusts And Granodiorite Intrusion
Alteration processes:	Silicification And Argillization Of Country Rocks

References

MRDS	M232490
DEP	10044871
Reference	{Deposit:: STAGER H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO. NEV., N.B.M. BULL 88}{Deposit:: USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 87, REFERENCE NO. 3201500379}{Deposit:: MORRISSEY F.R. (1968) TURQUOISE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, N.B.M. RPT 17}{Deposit:: WRUCKE C.T. (1974) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TENABO AREA, LANDER CO NEV, USGS MAP MF-647}{Production:: MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968}
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A.