Mine detail: Blum Shaft

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Location

Lat / long:

41.83488, -117.58598

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Iron, Lead, Zinc
Tertiary:	Antimony, Arsenic, Mercury
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Galena, Marcasite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Alunite, Clay, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Other material:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1925

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite,Basalt
Structure:	Small Faults; Slickensides On Surfaces.
Alteration processes:	Sericite, Kaolin; Silicification; Bleaching

References

MRDS	M232763
DEP	10045101
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., 1915, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NATIONAL MINING DISTRICT, NEV: USGS BULL 601}{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: NEV. BUR MINES BULL. 59}{Deposit:: LAWRENCE, E. F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 61}{Deposit:: TINGLEY, J. V., 29 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.}{Deposit:: NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D. D., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)