Mine detail: Shaft Near Silver Canyon

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Location

Lat / long:

37.67858, -113.4458

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Chrysocolla, Malachite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Tuff
Associated rock:	Condor Canyon Formation Of The Quichapa Group;
Associated type:	Ash-Flow Tuff
Structure:	East-West Striking Timpahute Lineament, Delamar-Iron Springs Igneous Belt, N20w Striking Fractures
Tectonic:	Basin And Range Extension
Alteration processes:	Argillization, Silicification

References

MRDS	RE00111
DEP	10055133
Reference	{Deposit:: SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ANTELOPE RANGE MINING DISTRICT: UGMS, PUBLICATION IN PROGRESS}{Deposit:: PERRY, L.I., 1979: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.