Mine detail: Lena Shaft

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

41.77463, -114.79922

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1896

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1896

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults, Fractures
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	M233864
DEP	10045963
Reference	{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A}{Deposit:: HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779}
Reporter	Weimer, Becky S.