Mine detail: Golconda-Gold Wedge Group

Previously called 'NBMG Sample Sites 3909, 3912Golconda, Golconda Extension, Gold Wedge,Golden Wedge Fraction and My All Fraction'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.47658, -118.10124

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Copper, Molybdenum
Gangue:	Clay, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1925

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Fault Zone
Alteration processes:	Bleaching, Kaolinization, Silicification Of Rhyolite Tuff

References

MRDS	M243120
DEP	10047696
Reference	{Deposit:: USDI, BLM, MINING CLAIM RECORDS}{Deposit:: QUADE, JACK AND TINGLEY, J.V., 25 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.}{Deposit:: SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1974, WONDER; HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA; NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, P. 28.}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)