Mine detail: Unnamed Ag

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Location

Lat / long:

38.59773, -114.73168

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Copper
Ore:	Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	POD-IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1916

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Pole Canyon Limestone May Be Limestone Bed In Pioche Shale
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Patterson Pass Fault (E-W Trending)
Tectonic:	Basin & Range Province
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M233810
DEP	10045917
Reference	{Deposit:: HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA: USGS BULL 648 214P}{Deposit:: FIELD CHECK BENTZ/SMITH, NBMG 1981}
Reporter	Molinari, Mark P. (Tingley, J.V.), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)