Mine detail: Blanch Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.1566, -118.10038

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Ore:	Jamesonite
Gangue:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite
Orebody form:	LINEAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Candelaria Formation
Host type:	Shale,Felsic Volcanic Rock
Structure:	Ne-Trending Faults, Alpha Fault
Tectonic:	Basin & Range
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	M233024
DEP	10045322
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS TOPAGRAPHIC MAP, CANDELARIA, NEVADA, 1967, 1:24000}{Deposit:: ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 58.}
Reporter	Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.)