Mine detail: Tripoli Mine

Previously called 'Nevada Bunker HillEast Tripoli'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.51658, -116.00702

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead
Secondary:	Silver, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Lead, Pyrite, Pyromorphite
Gangue:	Garnet, Tremolite
Orebody form:	TABULAR-CHIMNEYS"
Discovery year:	1820

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1870

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Diorite
Alteration processes:	Silication, Sericitization, Silicification

References

MRDS	M233353
DEP	10045583
Reference	{Deposit:: EMMONS, W. H., 1910, A RCONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING CAMPS IN ELKO, LAUDER, AND EURELSA COUNTIES, NEVADA. USGS BULLETIN 408}{Deposit:: MINES REGISTER, 1937}{Deposit:: SMITH, R. M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 1976-56}{Deposit:: HUNT, S. F., 1936, MINING GEOLOGY OUTLINED, RENO, NEVADA}{Deposit:: GRANGER, A. E., ET ALL, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. NBM BULLETIN 54.}
Reporter	Tingley, J.V.