Mine detail: New Tempiute Mine

Previously called 'NBMG Sample Sites 14521454.1453'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.63079, -115.62893

Resource(B)

Primary:	Tungsten, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc
Tertiary:	Bismuth
Ore:	Bismuthinite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Garnet, Iron, Nontronite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite, Tremolite, Wollastonite
Discovery year:	1916

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:	Black Shale,Carbonate,Limestone
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Intersecting High-And Low-Angle Faults Striking Nw And Sw, Exposed On Face Of The Open Pit; Shearing Parallel To Bedding
Alteration processes:	Argillic, Bleaching, Silicification

References

MRDS	M241695
DEP	10046523
Reference	{Deposit:: SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, OCT. 3, 1983.}{Deposit:: TSCHANZ, E.H. AND PAMPEYAN, C.M., 1970, NBMG BULL. 73.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)