Mine detail: Currency Mine

Previously called 'NBMG Sample Site 1420 In Approximate Vicinity of Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.92357, -114.44973

Resource(B)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Tertiary:	Zinc, Antimony, Arsenic, Barium-Barite
Ore:	Galena
Gangue:	Hematite, Jarosite, Sericite, Specularite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Prospect Mountain Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite

References

MRDS	M241556
DEP	10046402
Reference	{Deposit:: SHAW, S.F., 1909, ENG. & MIN. JOUR., VOL. 88, P. 547.}{Deposit:: SMITH, P. & BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, AUG. 23, 1983}{Deposit:: USGS MAP MF-136.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)