Mine detail: Calico Hills Area

Previously called 'Shoshone Brucite ClaimsSample Sites 380,381'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.8658, -116.30477

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron, Magnesite
Tertiary: Copper
Ore: Brucite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite
Gangue: Calcite, Epidote, Garnet, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz
Other material: Hematite
Discovery year: 1941

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Eleana;Nevada
Host type:Quartzite,Argillite,Dolomite,Tuff
Associated rock:Calico Hills Tuff
Associated type:Tuff,Rhyolite
Structure:Calico Hills Dome With Extensive Radial Fracturing Along Margins, Thrust Fault
Alteration processes:Silicification; Bleached, Altered Tuffs

References

MRDSM241749
DEP10046564
Reference{Deposit:: TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION ON 7 APRIL 1982.}{Deposit:: USGS GQ-368}{Deposit:: USGS OFR 81-101}{Deposit:: USGS OFR 1543-6}{Deposit:: QUADE, J. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION}
ReporterLa Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)