Mine detail: Northumberland Mine

Previously called 'Blue Bell MineMonitor Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.99994, -116.78424

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Ore:	Cerargyrite, Gold
Discovery year:	1866

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Pogonip Group;Pogonip Group
Host type:	Argillite
Associated rock:	Northumberland Intrusion
Associated type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock,Diorite
Structure:	Thrust Faults, Intrusions
Tectonic:	Back-Arc Thrust Belt
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	W016473
DEP	10072159
Reference	{Deposit:: KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSIT OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS}{Production:: KLEINHAMPL, 1980}
Reporter	Weeks, Robert, Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)