Mine detail: Mint Mine

Previously called 'Burner Hill Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.46378, -116.65066

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead
Tertiary:	Zinc, Silver, Copper, Arsenic
Ore:	Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1885

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1885

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Andesite

References

MRDS	M232829
DEP	10045155
Reference	{Deposit:: EMMONS, W.H.,(1910) SOME MINING CAMPS IN ELKO, COMFER, EUREKA CO., NV., USGS BULL 408}{Deposit:: SMITH, ROSCOE. M.(1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEVADA, U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPORT 1976-56}{Deposit:: HOPE, R.A., & COATS, R.C., (1976) PRELIM. GEOL. MAP ELKO CO., U.S.G.S. OPEN FILEMAP 76-77}
Reporter	Tingley, J.V.