Mine detail: Virginia-Louise Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.89996, -114.47278

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Manganese, Gold, Zinc
Ore:	Braunite, Calamine, Galena, Plumbojarosite
Gangue:	Goethite, Hematite, Limonite
Orebody form:	BLANKET
Other material:	Pyrolusite
Discovery year:	1865

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1978

Geology

Host rock:	Highland Peak Limestone;Chisholm Shale And Pioche Shale Are Nearby
Host type:	Quartzite,Limestone
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Faults

References

MRDS	M241710
DEP	10046533
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDSEY, J., 1912, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 175, ITEM 5.}{Deposit:: ABBOTT, J.W., 1914, MIN. & SCI. PRESS, P. 486.}{Deposit:: TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.M., 1970, NBMG BULL 73, P. 128-129}{Deposit:: USGS PP 171 P. 60-67.}{Deposit:: WEED, W.H., 1918, MINES HANDBOOK VOL. XIII, P. 1128; 1922, VOL. XV, P. 1368-1369.}{Deposit:: USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.}{Deposit:: ENG. & MIN. JOUR., CLIPPINGS, 1912, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 175; 1920}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, J.C., 1922, ENG. & MIN. JOUR, VOL. 113.}{Production:: TSCHANZ, & PAMPEYAN, 1970, P. 130; COUCH & CARPENTER, 1943, P. 88.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)