Mine detail: Scotia Mine

Previously called 'Silver Star No. 2 Claim'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.08963, -118.70069

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Ore:	Cerargyrite
Gangue:	Calcite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1915

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1915

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite,Andesite
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:	Vein Has Been Faulted
Alteration processes:	Strong Hydrothermal Alteration

References

MRDS	M233064
DEP	10045357
Reference	{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, USGS OF}{Production:: SCHRADER, F.C., USGS OFR, (1947)}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D.