Mine detail: Sandstorm Mine

Previously called 'Sandstorm, Kruger, Stimler Fraction, Argosy, Kendall, Magnolia,Oregon ClaimsSandstorm-Kendall Consolidated Mining Co. Property'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.73912, -117.22563

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Copper, Bismuth
Ore:	Chalcopyrite
Gangue:	Alunite, Barite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1902

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1904

Geology

Host type:	Tuff,Rhyolite,Dacite
Associated rock:	Sandstorm Rhyolite;Kendall Tuff
Associated type:	Tuff,Rhyolite,Dacite
Structure:	Faults
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Kaolinization, Alunitization, Pyritization

References

MRDS	M241890
DEP	10046691
Reference	{Deposit:: SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, THE STORY OF GOLDFIELD; NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 240 P.}{Deposit:: NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86}{Deposit:: NBMG REPORT 19, P. 64-65.}{Deposit:: THE MINING RECORD NEWSPAPER, FEB. 18, 1981}{Deposit:: WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1325.}{Deposit:: RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS P.P. 66, P. 235-236.}{Production:: SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, P. 193, 199.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)