Mine detail: Maricopa Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.53825, -117.04343

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Gold
Ore:	Cerargyrite, Pyrargyrite, Silver
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Other material:	Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Proustite, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Stibnite

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDS	M232913
DEP	10045223
Reference	STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88
Reporter	Flynn, Patricia Dodd