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

MRDS	M241749
DEP	10046564
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}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)