Mine detail: Sylvanite Group

Previously called 'Wahmonie Property'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.81858, -116.16726

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1925

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1928

Geology

Host rock:	Salyer And Wahmonie Formations
Host type:	Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Dacite
Alteration processes:	Hydrothermal Alteration Of Host Rock

References

MRDS	M241796
DEP	10046609
Reference	{Deposit:: CORNWALL, H.R., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 77, P.41}{Deposit:: KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 206-207.}{Deposit:: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MINING DISTRCT OPEN-FLIES. FILE 259, ITEM 2.}
Reporter	Hefner, M.L. (Tingley, J.V.)