Mine detail: Western Hog Ranch Mine

Previously called 'Hog Ranch MineHog Ranch Gold MineHog Ranch OccurrenceKrista PitEast DepositGeib PitBell Springs DepositNBMG Sample Site 2410Locality No.6.'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.15793, -119.4513

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Uranium, Mercury
Gangue:	Alunite, Chalcedony, Clay, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Hot Spring
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1986

Geology

Host type:	Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:	Basin/Range Structural Province; Possible Collapse Caldera Or Failed Caldera System, Possible Major Ring-Fracture System - Cottonwood Creek Volcanic Center.
Alteration processes:	Hydrothermal: Silicification, Opalization, Kaolinization (All Pervasive)

References

MRDS	M242957
DEP	10047581
Reference	{Deposit:: HARVEY, D.S., NOBLE, D.C., MCKEE, E.H., 1986, HOG RANCH PROPERTY: IN ISOCHRON WEST, NO 47.}{Deposit:: DROSSULIS, KIM, 1988, GEOLOGY OF THE HOG RANCH MINE, WASHOE CO., NV: IN GSN 1988 SPRING FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK.}{Deposit:: NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 314: NUMEROUS PRESS CLIPPINGS}{Deposit:: NBMG MI-1987, 1988}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.F., 1986, NBMG MAP 91}{Deposit:: JONES, R.B., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION}{Deposit:: GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL 81.}{Deposit:: STAFF, 1988, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1987: NEVADA DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 84P.}{Deposit:: STAFF, 1991, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY: NBMG SPEC. PUB. MI-1990, P. 25 AND 44.}{Deposit:: WESTERN MINING CORP, 1990, NUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1989-1990.}{Deposit:: WESTERN MINING CORP, 1991, ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1990-1991.}{Deposit:: NBMG, 1994, MI-1993}{Deposit:: NEVADA DIVISION OF MINERALS, 1994}{Production:: NBMG MI-1987 NBMG MI-1990 P. 25. LINES 6-7: WESTERN MINING CORP, 1990, ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1989-1990. LINES 10-13: WESTERN MINING CORP, 1991, ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1990-1991. NBMG MI-1993}
Reporter	Paidakovich, Matthew E., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.), Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.), Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.)