Mine detail: Altenburg

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Location

Lat / long:

40.30269, -116.68037

Resource(M)

Primary:

Gold, Silver

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Valmy Formation
Host type:	Argillite,Chert
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust In A Zone Of Numerous Imbricate Thrust Slices, And High Angle Faults Related To Basin & Range Development, The Area Is Cut By Numerous Dikes & Sills Associated With The Tenabo Stock 1/2 Mile To The North.
Alteration processes:	Country Rock Pyrametasomatized To A Siliceous Hornfels, While Argillic Alteration Locally Occurs About Intrusives And Faults.

References

MRDS	M232505
DEP	10044884
Reference	{Deposit:: STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO. NEV., N.BM BULL 88}{Deposit:: WRUCKE, C.T. (1974) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TENABO AREA, LANDER CO NEV, USGS MAP MFG47}{Production:: STAGER, H.K., 1977}
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A.