Mine detail: Jumbo Extension Mining Co.

Previously called 'Paloverde ClaimsVelvet'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.71828, -117.21841

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Tin, Bismuth
Ore:	Famatinite
Gangue:	Alunite, Kaolinite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1903

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Latite
Associated type:	Latite
Alteration processes:	Pyritization, Alunitization, Kaolinization

References

MRDS	M241913
DEP	10046712
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 BULL 48, P. 17-18}{Deposit:: RICHARD, T.A., MAY 1915, MIN. & SC1 PRESS, P. 797.}{Deposit:: WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P.1233.}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: RENO, NV. NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.}{Production:: SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, P.199. SEARLS, F., 1948, P. 17-18}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)