Mine detail: Frank No. 2

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Location

Lat / long:

37.79605, -117.71537

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Lead
Ore:	Galena, Pyrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	LENSES
Discovery year:	1865

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Mineral Ridge Pluton
Associated type:	Greenstone
Structure:	Post-Ore Crushing, Faulting
Alteration processes:	Sericitization

References

MRDS	M241990
DEP	10046782
Reference	{Deposit:: SPURR, J.E., (1906), U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER NO. 55.}{Deposit:: SHAMBERGER, M.A., 1976, SILVER PEAK: HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA SERIES, NO. 8: NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)