Mine detail: Don Dale Mine

Previously called 'NBMG Sample Locations 1468 and 1469.Blue Bird Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.55052, -115.77309

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver, Copper
Secondary:	Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1946

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Pioche Shale ;Prospect Mountain Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated type:	Monzonite,Rhyolite
Structure:	Fractures
Alteration processes:	Porphyry Is Bleached, Argillically Altered

References

MRDS	M241655
DEP	10046488
Reference	{Deposit:: TSCHANTZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 73, P. 174., PL. I.}{Deposit:: SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, OCT. 5, 1983.}{Production:: TSCHANZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970, P. 174.}
Reporter	Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.)