Mine detail: Buena Vista Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

39.97462, -118.17208

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Tertiary:	Vanadium
Ore:	Hematite, Magnetite
Gangue:	Apatite, Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Scapolite, Sphene
Orebody form:	TABULAR TO LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1898

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1951
Last production ended:	1960

Geology

Host rock:	Leach Fromation
Host type:	Diorite,Metavolcanic Rock
Associated rock:	Humboldt Gabbroic Complex
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Post-Mineral Faulting Off Sets Ore Body; Nw-Trending Fault
Alteration processes:	Scapolitization, Chloritization

References

MRDS	M233120
DEP	10045406
Reference	{Deposit:: REEVES, R.G., AND KRAL, V.E., 1955, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; PT. A: GEOLOGY AND IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BUENA VISTA HILLS, CHURCHILL AND PERSHING COUNTIES,NV; NBMG, BULL S3, PT. A.}{Deposit:: NICKLE, NEIL L., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE BUENA VISTA HILLS, CHURCHILL CO., NV.; UNPUB. M.S. THESIS, UCLA.}{Production:: REEVES & RKAL, (1955) EP. 23}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D.