Mine detail: Bernice Mine

Previously called 'Old Williams Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.76491, -117.75345

Resource(M)

Primary: Antimony, Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron, Arsenic
Ore: Arsenopyrite, Gold, Jamesonite, Pyrite, Stibnite
Gangue: Feldspar, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1886

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1886
Last production ended: 1890

Geology

Host rock:Star Peak Formation
Host type:Slate,Phyllite
Associated type:Plutonic Rock
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSM233096
DEP10045384
Reference{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R. AND R.C. SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEB.; NBMG BULL. 83.}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, CARSON SINK AREA; U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPORT}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W.O., 1940, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CHURCHILL CO, NEV.; U.S.B.M.I.C. 7093}{Production:: SCHRADER, F.C. (1947); WILLDEN & SPEED, (1974)}
ReporterLa Pointe, D.D.