Mine detail: Tenderfoot

Previously called 'Part of Mizpah Consolidated PropertiesButte GroupBuena Vista Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.39464, -114.55893

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Bismuth
Ore:	Bismuth, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1916

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Alteration processes:	Sericitization

References

MRDS	M233450
DEP	10045662
Reference	{Deposit:: HILL, JAMES M, (1916) NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL 648.}{Deposit:: SNOW, G.G., 1963, MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY OF THE DOLLY VARDEN MOUNTAINS, ELKO CO., NV, UNPUBLISHED PH. D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH}
Reporter	Tingley, J.V., Marcus, Susan