Mine detail: Navajo

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Location

Lat / long:

41.31407, -116.22926

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Gold
Ore:	Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1890

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1890

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Structure:	Northwest-Striking Faults Conjugate To A Set Of East-Striking Faults
Alteration processes:	Early Propylitic, And Inner Potassic Halos

References

MRDS	M233296
DEP	10045529
Reference	{Deposit:: SMITH R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RES. OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT}{Deposit:: NOLAN T. B. (1936) TUSCARORA MINING DISTRICT ELKO, CO. NEV., NEV. BUR OF MINES BULL 25}{Production:: NOLAN, T. B., (1936)}
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A.