Mine detail: Black Forest Mine

Previously called 'SignalForest CaveAtlanticIndexSnowbank FractionRescueWindy PointLong GreenLast ChanceKeystoneAnacondaEmpire.'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.56714, -114.81144

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Zinc
Ore:	Copper, Galena, Lead, Pyrite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Chlorite, Kaolin, Limonite
Orebody form:	TABULAR, PIPE-LIKE
Discovery year:	1872

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1872

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Thrust Fault, Major N-S Fault
Alteration processes:	Sericitization-Kaolinization

References

MRDS	M233961
DEP	10046051
Reference	{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C., 1931, SPRUCE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, ELKO COUNTY, U OF N BULL, VOL. XXV, NO. 7}{Deposit:: HILL, JAMES M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL 648}{Deposit:: MINES REQUESTER 1937}{Deposit:: WILSON, C.L., 1937, THE GEOLOGY OF THE BLACK FOREST MINE AREA, SPRUCE MOUNTAIN, NEVADA, THESIS U. OF ARIZONA}{Deposit:: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES FILES #77}
Reporter	Tingley, J.V.