Mine detail: Blossom Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.49112, -114.92443

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Orebody form:	TABULAR-SILL-LIKE (IRREGULAR)

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Mine Is At The Contact Of A Sill-Like Protruberence Of The Quartz Monzonite Body

References

MRDS	M242223
DEP	10046988
Reference	{Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1939, GEOLOGY OF THE SEARCHLIGHT DIST, CLARK CO., NEV., USGS BULL 906-D, P. 176-179}{Deposit:: RANSOME, F.L., 1907, PRELIMINARY ACCOUNT OF GOLDFIELD, BULLFROG, AND OTHER MINING DIST. IN SOUTHERN NEV., USGS BULL 303, P. 72-74}{Deposit:: LONGWELL, C.R., ETAL, 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK, CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 62, P. 114,201.}{Deposit:: SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION (DEC. 4, 1982)}
Reporter	Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.)