Mine detail: Big Three Mine

Previously called 'NBMG Sample Site 1119.'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.54884, -117.51592

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Zinc, Lead, Gold
Secondary:	Silver

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Poleta
Host type:	Quartzite,Greenstone,Limestone
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Considerable Folding, Faulting
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Intense Hydrothermal Alteration

References

MRDS	M241998
DEP	10046790
Reference	{Deposit:: QUADE, JACK, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION OF JUNE 1, 1982}{Deposit:: ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78, PLATE 2.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)