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

MRDSRE00045
DEP10097326
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.}
ReporterPhinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.)