Mine detail: Eagle Rock Mine

Previously called 'Eagle Rock ClaimsDevlin ProspectPrince Group of Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.61467, -114.75446

Resource(M)

Primary:	Antimony, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Tungsten
Secondary:	Iron, Manganese, Silver
Tertiary:	Gold
Ore:	Bindheimite, Galena, Wolframite
Gangue:	Calcite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1927

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Prospect Mountain Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Limestone
Structure:	Fracture Zone N50e And 60nw
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M233817
DEP	10045922
Reference	{Deposit:: SCHRAEDER, F.C., 1931, NOTES ON ORE DEPOSITS AT CAVE VALLEY, PATTERSON DISTRICT, LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA: UNIV. OF NEVADA BULL. 25, #3, P 5-16}{Deposit:: TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 73, 187P}{Deposit:: FIELD CHECK BY BENTZ AND SMITH, NBMG, 1981}{Deposit:: NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP. JAN. 1984)}{Deposit:: NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 174, ITEM 3.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Molinari, Mark P. (Tingley, J.V.)