Mine detail: South Bullion Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

40.45908, -115.99702

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Arsenic, Antimony, Mercury, Thallium, Molybdenum
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Jarosite, Pyrite, Stibnite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Webb Formation
Host type:	Mudstone,Siltstone
Structure:	N-Trending Anticline That Forms The Crest Of The Pinon Range., Numerous High-Angle, Generally West-Dipping, N25w Oriented Faults.
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Decalcification, Liesegang Banding, Argillization. See Geology Comments.

References

MRDS	RE00045
DEP	10097326
Reference	{Analytical Data:: PUTNAM, B. R., AND HENRIQUES, E. Q. B., 1991, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION AT THE SOUTH BULLION DEPOSIT, PINON RANGE, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: IMPLICATIONS FOR WESTERN UNITED STATES CENOZOIC TECTONICS, IN RAINES, G. L., ET AL, EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 713-728.}
Reporter	Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.)