Mine detail: Key Flower Mine

Previously called 'Key FlowerKey Flower Nos. 1-3ClaimsKey Flower Nos. 4&5 Claims.'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.91186, -117.7865

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
Ore:	Galena, Iron, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Other material:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1900

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Andesite
Alteration processes:	Sericitization, Chloritization, Silicification

References

MRDS	M233508
DEP	10045711
Reference	{Deposit:: YORK, B., 1935, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE KEY FLOWER MINE; NBMG FILES, FILE 226 ITEM 2.}{Deposit:: GIANELLA, V.P., 1935, UNPUBLISHED PETROGRAPHIC REPORT ON ROCKS FROM KEY FLOWER MINE, PARADISE RANGE, NV.; ON FILE AT NBMG; FILE 226 ITEM 3}{Deposit:: YORK, B., 19368 UNPUBLISHED REPORT OF ADDITIONAL FINDINGS AT KEY FLOWER MINE; NBMG FILE 226 ITEM 4.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D. D.