Mine detail: Wall Canyon Mine

Previously called 'FranciscoLast Chance MineSilver DivideBastianHerd'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.74993, -117.25092

Resource(M)

Primary:	Antimony
Tertiary:	Selenium, Copper
Ore:	Malachite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	VEINLETS, RADIATING CLUSTERS, BLEBS, SMALL PODS, SINGLE CRYSTALS
Discovery year:	1915

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Lone Mountain Dolomite
Host type:	Shale
Associated type:	Latite
Structure:	The Shale Strikes N 5-35 W, Dip 40-70 W.
Alteration processes:	The Rhyolite Near The Vein Is Chloritized.

References

MRDS	W016485
DEP	10072161
Reference	{Deposit:: KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 84}{Deposit:: LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 140-141}{Deposit:: KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.}{Production:: KLEINHAMPL, 1980}
Reporter	Weeks, Robert, La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)