Mine detail: Esmeralda

Previously called 'Buena'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.21823, -116.76955

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1910

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1910

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite

References

MRDS	M233310
DEP	10045543
Reference	{Deposit:: GRANGER A. E. ETAL (1957) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 54}{Deposit:: EMMONS W. H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF ELKO, EUREKA, & LANDER CO. NEV., USGS BULL 408.}{Deposit:: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF MINING OPERATIONS IN NEVADA, ACTIVE IN 1980}
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A.