Mine detail: April Fool Mine

Previously called 'April Fool and Tip-Top Claims'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.53771, -117.06842

Resource(B)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Limonite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Other material: Fluorite
Discovery year: 1905

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:White Caps Limestone
Host type:Limestone

References

MRDSM231676
DEP10098594
Reference{Deposit:: KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 125}{Deposit:: FERGUSON, H.G., 1924, GEOL. & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT: USGS BULL 723, P. 154-156.}
ReporterWong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)