Mine detail: Swanson Claims

Previously called 'Tonopah TreasuryNBMG Sample Site 1385.'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.96661, -117.52342

Resource(B)

Primary:	Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Mule Springs Limestone;Campito
Host type:	Quartzite,Marble,Skarn (Tactite),Limestone
Associated type:	Lamprophyre,Granite
Structure:	Thrust Fault
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M242485
DEP	10047218
Reference	{Deposit:: SPURR,J.E., 1906, USGS PP 55.}{Deposit:: BONHAM,H.F.,JR., 1979, FIELD EXAMDNATION, 10/25/79.}{Deposit:: SMITH,P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, MAY 15,1983}{Deposit:: ALBERS,J.P. AND STEWART,J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78.}{Deposit:: NBMG OFR. 83-8, 83-11, 83-12, 1983.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)