Mine detail: January Mine

Previously called 'Part of Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co. After 1906January and February Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.71078, -117.22619

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Copper, Bismuth, Antimony, Arsenic
Gangue:	Alunite, Kaolinite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	CURVED TABULAR
Discovery year:	1903

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Milltown Andesite
Host type:	Dacite,Latite
Associated type:	Dacite,Latite
Structure:	Brecciation,
Alteration processes:	Alunitization, Silicification, Pyritization

References

MRDS	M241912
DEP	10046711
Reference	{Deposit:: SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, THE STORY OF GOLDFIELD, NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NV; 240 P.}{Deposit:: RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS PP 66, P. 216}{Deposit:: NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86}{Deposit:: USGS PP 843-A, P. 1-48}{Production:: RANSOME, F.L., 1909., P. 216; SHAMBERGER, 1982.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)