Mine detail: Oversight Mine

Previously called 'Crystal Butte No. 1Oversight Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.41745, -117.74509

Resource(N)

Primary:	Talc-Soapstone, Clay
Ore:	Chlorite, Talc
Gangue:	Calcite, Montmorillonite, Sericite, Tremolite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1939

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1955
Last production ended:	1957

Geology

Host rock:	Wyman;Sylvania Pluton
Host type:	Hornfels,Limestone
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Faults
Alteration processes:	Intense Hydrothermal Alteration

References

MRDS	M242079
DEP	10046860
Reference	{Deposit:: PAPKE, K.G., 1975, NBMG BULL. 84, P. 35}{Production:: PAPKE, K.G., 1975, P. 35}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)