Mine detail: Ballyoran Claims

Previously called 'NBMG Sample Site 1740'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.59275, -114.76056

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper, Lead
Secondary:	Barium-Barite, Silver
Tertiary:	Arsenic, Iron, Zinc
Ore:	Barite, Galena
Gangue:	Calcite, Hematite, Iron, Pyrolusite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Other material:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1981

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Highland Peak 1
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:	Faults
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M241659
DEP	10046492
Reference	{Deposit:: BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT OF 9-22-83.}{Deposit:: TSCHANZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970, NBMG BULL. 73.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)