Mine detail: Great Western Mine

Previously called 'Silvermines PropertySouthwestern Mines Co. Property'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.34856, -117.36758

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Ore: Galena, Gold
Gangue: Limonite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1905

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Wyman Formation
Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Post-Ore Fault Movement Crushed Ore
Alteration processes:Oxidation

References

MRDSM241918
DEP10046717
Reference{Deposit:: USGS BULL 380, P. 41-43.}{Deposit:: WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV., P. 1333, 1342.}{Deposit:: RANSOME, F.L., SEPT., 1909, MIN. & SCI PRESS, P 433; NBMG FILE 92, ITEM}{Deposit:: USBM, 1978, MILS DATA}{Deposit:: TURNER, J. K., 1922, THE HORNSILVER MINING DISTRICT: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, VOL. 124, NO. 3, P. 93-94.}{Deposit:: NBMG BULL 78, P. 69.}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F. C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: RENO, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., P. 73-75.}{Production:: USGS BULL 380, P. 41-42. LINCOLN, P 74.}
ReporterLa Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)