Mine detail: Giroux Group

Previously called 'Calavada?Arizona-Nevada'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.58742, -118.09039

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite
Gangue: Hematite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metamorphic
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1916

Geology

Host rock:Luning
Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Granitic Rocks
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSM233220
DEP10045473
Reference{Deposit:: ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58}{Deposit:: HILL, 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA; USGS BULL. 594}{Deposit:: CLARK, 1922, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SANTA FE DISTRICT, NEVADA; CALIF. UNIV. DEPT. GEOL. SCI., V. 14, NO. 1}{Production:: ROSS, 1961, TABLE 6.6}
ReporterRoyse, Sue E.