Mine detail: Tom Cat

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.32047, -116.73565

Resource(N)

Primary:	Gemstone
Ore:	Turquoise
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1942

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Valmy Formation
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Chert
Structure:	Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust, Imbricate Thrusts (Lander Thrust) & High Angle Faults
Alteration processes:	Country Rocks Argillized About Ore Zones

References

MRDS	M232494
DEP	10044875
Reference	{Deposit:: STAGER H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER OC. NEV., N.B.M. BULL 88}{Deposit:: USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 73, REFERENCE NO. 3201500370}{Deposit:: MORRISSEY F.R. (1968E TURQUOISE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NEV. BUR. OF MINES REPORT 17}{Deposit:: WRUCEK 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.