Mine detail: Rawhide Deposit

Previously called 'Rawhide Gold MineNevada New MinesBalloon HillMurray HillCrazy HillGrutt HillNBMG Sample Sites 3311 and 3312. This Record Has Been Merged WithRecords #D0040 and #M242956 and Includes Information From Them.Denton-RawhideRawhide Group'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.01408, -118.38624

Resource(B)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Lead, Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic, Barium-Barite, Antimony, Molybdenum, Zinc, Chlorine, Bromine, Aluminum, Tungsten, Selenium, Mercury
Ore: Acanthite, Argentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Electrum, Embolite, Galena, Gold, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Silver, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Calcite, Chalcedony, Chert, Goethite, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolin, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR LENSES, VEINS, POD-TYPE ORE ZONES
Other material: Alunite
Discovery year: 1906

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1907-1920; 1990 - PRESENT (4/92)
First production started: 1907

Geology

Host rock:Pre-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks
Host type:Rhyolite
Structure:Walker Lane And Basin And Range. Large Caldera System Along The Ne Marn Of The Nw Trending Walker Lane Structural Zone. The Miocene Rawhide Volcanic Center Is 6.5 By 12km (4 X 7.5 Mi.) In Area., See Comments
Tectonic:Continental Magmatic Arc
Alteration processes:See Comments

References

MRDSW016386
DEP10072140
Reference{Deposit:: ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58. PP. 83-84.}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941. PP. 58-64.}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.}{Deposit:: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, NOTES ON RAWHIDE, NEVADA; MARCH 28, 1908}{Deposit:: BATES, JAMES A., NOV. 1967, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE RAWHIDE LODE-PLACER DEPOSITS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA.}{Deposit:: ARCHIBALD, N.L., 1966, INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG REPORT 14. P 30.}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.F. 1988, NBMG M1-1987. BONHAM, H.F. 1986, NBMG MAP 91. BONHAM, H.F., 1986 NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE #206. NUMEROUS PRESS CLIPPINGS 1986-1987.}{Deposit:: PLEXUS RESOURCE CORP. 1986, RAWHIDE GOLD MINE REPORT.}{Deposit:: BLACK, JOHN E., 1988, MINERALIZATION AND WALLROCK ALTERATION AT THE RAWHIDE GOLD-SILVER DEPOSIT MINERAL CO., MASTE* THESIS, STANFORD UNIVERSITY.}{Deposit:: BLACK, JOHN E., ET AL., 1991, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION AT THE RAWHIDE AU-AG DEPOSIT, MINERAL COUNTY, NV IN RAINES, G.L., ET AL, EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 1123-1144.}{Deposit:: NBMG, 1991, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY-1990, NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1990, P.16 AND 23.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL/ MONTAGU MINING FINANCE, MININDATABASE, 8/10/91.}{Deposit:: NBMG, 1994, MI-1993}{Deposit:: NEVADA DIVISION OF MINERALS, 1994}{Deposit:: THE MINING RECORD APRIL 28,1993}{Deposit:: 1906 DIREXPL VARIOUS MINING WORKS 1937 VANDERBURG, WILLIAM O., RECON OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL CO., NV.: USBM: I.C. 6941}{Deposit:: 1947 SCHRADER, F.C., CARSON SINK AREA, NV - RAWHIDE DISTRICT: USGS UNPUBLISHED REPORT. 1978 HALL, R. B., WORLD NONBAUXITE ALUMINUM RESOURCES; ALUNITE: USGS PROF PAPER 1076A, P. A1-A35. 1991 HARDYMAN, R., WRITTEN COMMUNICATION.}{Production:: 1908-1935 PRODUCTION FIGURES: VANDERBURG, 1937, P. 60-61 PAY DIRT, 1986 1990 PRODUCTION FIGURES: NBMG, 1991, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1990, NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1990. NBMG MI-1993}{Reserve-Resource:: PLEXUS, 1986. NBMG MI-1993}
ReporterHall, Robert B., Weeks, Robert, Starrritt, Bruce C., Royse, Sue E., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.), Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.), Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.)