Mine detail: Sierra Nevada Mine

Previously called 'Claims of Jefferson Gold and Silver Mining Co.: Sierra Nevada,Union-South, Oregon, Admiral, Monitor, Starry-Flag, Bryan, Kearsage,Maine, New York, Missouri, Berlin, Prussian Fraction, Alabama,Jefferson Cross.Kanrohat Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.71271, -116.97731

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Gangue: Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1873

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1873

Geology

Host type:Limestone,Rhyolite
Associated rock:Porphyry Of Kanrohat;Toquima Pluton
Associated type:Rhyolite,Granite
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSM233533
DEP10045732
Reference{Deposit:: KLEINHAMPL, F.J., AND ZIONY, J.I., (IN PRESS) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.; NBMG BULL.}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBL. CO.}{Deposit:: BERG, L.R., 1942, A HISTORY OF THE TONOPAH AREA AND ADJACENT REGION OF CENTRAL NEVADA; 1827-1941: M.A. THESIS, UNR}{Deposit:: CLARK, W.J., 1914, UNPUBLISHED STATEMENT OF THE JEFFERSON GOLD AND SILVER MINING CO: NBMG FILE 247 ITEM 7.}{Deposit:: BLACKBURN, W.H., 1919, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE JEFFERSON GOLD AND SILVER MINING CO: NBMG FILE 247 ITEM 10}{Deposit:: STOCKLEY, L.A., 1911; AND PROF. GEO. S. HOPKINS,-UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON SIERRA-NEVADA GROUP: NBMG FILE 247, ITEM 12.}{Production:: KRAL, V.E. (1951)}
ReporterLa Pointe, D. D.