Mine detail: Valente Shaft

Previously called 'Part of Mountain Lion Property'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.94052, -114.59334

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold, Iron
Ore: Aurichalcite, Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Malachite, Melaconite, Plumbojarosite
Gangue: Limonite
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Burrows Member Of Highland Peak
Host type:Dolomite
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSM241643
DEP10046477
ReferenceFITCH, D.C., 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COMET DISTRICT, LINCOLN CO., NEV; UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO M.S. THESIS, P. 79-80
ReporterLa Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)