Mine detail: Plainview Group Mines

Previously called 'Plainview MineNBMG Sample Site 2560.'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.30601, -118.15653

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Discovery year: 1909

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite
Associated type:Rhyolite
Structure:Shear Zone Or Fault Plane
Alteration processes:Silicified, Sericitized, Iron-Staining

References

MRDSM060368
DEP10098500
Reference{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: IN USGS BULL. 580}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89}{Deposit:: VIKRE, P.G., 1978, GEOLOGY AND SILVER MINERALIZATION OF THE ROCHESTER DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; PH.D. THESIS STANFORD UNIV.}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H. F., JR., 25 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.}{Deposit:: NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.}
ReporterJohnson, Maureen G., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Royse, Sue E., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)