Mine detail: Vega Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.78605, -117.69648

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Lead
Ore:	Galena
Gangue:	Ilmenite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	LENSES
Other material:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1892

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1892

Geology

Host type:	Greenstone,Limestone
Structure:	Thrust Faults, Post-Ore Faults Striking N To Ne; Crushing.
Alteration processes:	Post-Ore Sericitization

References

MRDS	M241975
DEP	10046767
Reference	{Deposit:: SPURR, J.E., 1906, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 55}{Production:: SPURR, J.E., 1906, P. 65}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)