Mine detail: Fortuna Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.53131, -117.06732

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Gold
Ore:	Argentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Stibnite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Calcite, Graphite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Fractures, Postmineral Faults
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	M232897
DEP	10045209
Reference	STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 19778 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSIT OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 8
Reporter	Flynn, Patricia Dodd