Mine detail: Rip Van Winkle

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

41.12046, -116.00036

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	TABULAR, BEDDED
Discovery year:	1918

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1918

Geology

Host type:	Shale,Limestone
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	East-Dipping Fault System, & N. Striking Rev. Fault

References

MRDS	M233331
DEP	10045564
Reference	{Deposit:: SMITH R.M. (1976-56) MINERAL RES. OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT}{Deposit:: GRANGER A.E., ETAL (1957) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV, NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 54}{Production:: SMITH, R.M., (1976), P.112.}
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A.