Mine detail: Cave Valley Mine

Previously called 'Great Western ClaimsNBMG Sample Sites 815, 816, 817, 818a, 818bSubterranean Group of 6 Claims, Original Cave Group of 5 Claims,Big Fissure Group of 6 Claims, Hidden Fissure Group of 2 Claims.'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.64356, -114.79613

Resource(B)

Primary:	Lead, Silver, Copper
Secondary:	Zinc, Gold, Vanadium
Tertiary:	Clay, Arsenic
Ore:	Cerargyrite, Copper, Galena, Lead
Gangue:	Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENSE
Discovery year:	1921

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1922

Geology

Host rock:	Pioche Shale;Pole Canyon Limestone
Host type:	Shale,Limestone
Alteration processes:	Oxidation , Silicificationte

References

MRDS	M233813
DEP	10045919
Reference	{Deposit:: SMITH, 1976, GEOL & MIN RES. OF WP CO, NBMG BULL 85}{Deposit:: TSCHANZ, NBMG BULL 73}{Deposit:: FIELD CHECK BY BENTZ/SMITH 6/13/81, NBMG}{Deposit:: GARSIDE, L. J., 1973, NBMG BULL 81, P. 71.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 1930, MARCH 30, P. 39.}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F. C., 1931, NBMG BULL 10, P. 10-13.}
Reporter	Molinari, Mark P. (Tingley, J.V.), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)