Mine detail: Wilson-Independence Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.52546, -117.14595

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Ore: Cerargyrite, Pyrite
Gangue: Jarosite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1938

Production

Operation type: Underground
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1938

Geology

Host rock:Pumpernickel
Host type:Shale
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Golconda Thrust Fault, N-S-Trending Faults
Alteration processes:Oxidation, Leaching (Enrichment Of Au And Ag)

References

MRDSM234146
DEP10046158
Reference{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965; USGS Professional Paper 459-B, p. 52.}{Deposit:: THEODORE, T.G., BLAKE, D.W., AND KRETSCHMER, E.L., 1978; NBMG REPOR T 32, P.45-48.}{Deposit:: SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOL. I - NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH, P. 86.}{Deposit:: NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1976, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINES ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1975, P. 30.}
ReporterLa Pointe, D. D., Gosling