Mine detail: Mellan Gold Mines Group

Previously called 'Golden Leo ClaimsViola ClaimsVistaVivianLottieColoradoJackson and Forked Willow Claims.'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.70856, -116.58783

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Limonite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1930

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1939

Geology

Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Alteration processes:	Silicification Of Rhyolite

References

MRDS	M241964
DEP	10046759
Reference	{Deposit:: CORNWALL, H., 1977, NBMG BULL 72, P. 38-39}{Deposit:: KRAL, V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL 50, P. 131-132}{Deposit:: TURNER, J.K., 1934, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE MELLAN GOLD MINES INC.; NBMG FILE 219, ITEM 4.}{Production:: KRAL, 1951, P. 131-132}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)