Mine detail: Montezuma Camp

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Location

Lat / long:

37.71438, -117.38092

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Gold, Copper, Lead
Tertiary:	Iron, Bismuth
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Malachite
Gangue:	Calcite, Kaolinite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1867

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Limestone
Associated type:	Quartz Latite
Structure:	Gentle Folding, Buckling Of Strata; Later Crushing Of Veins
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Sulfide Ore; Kalolinization

References

MRDS	M242038
DEP	10046823
Reference	{Deposit:: BALL, S.H., 1906, USGS BULL 285, P. 58-59}{Deposit:: BALL, S.H., 1907, USGS BULL 308, P. 63-64}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, NEVADA MINERALS AND MINING CAMPS: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO: RENO, NV.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)