Mine detail: Cuprite Copper Deposits

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Location

Lat / long:

37.50745, -117.2273

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Gold
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chalcedony, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR, LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1905

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Mule Spring Limestone;Emigrant Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Fractures, Faults
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	M242025
DEP	10046813
Reference	{Deposit:: ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA; N.B.M.G. BULL. 78.}{Deposit:: BALL, 1905, USGS BULL 285, P. 59-60.}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.; RENO, NV.}{Deposit:: BALL, S.H., 1907, USGS BULL 308, P. 69-71.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)