Mine detail: Yuba Mine

Previously called 'NBMG Sample Sites 1422 & 1423Yuba Dike Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.92357, -114.44806

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Zinc, Gold
Tertiary:	Antimony
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrolusite, Quartz, Sericite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Prospect Mountain Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock,Plutonic Rock
Alteration processes:	Chloritization, Sericitization

References

MRDS	M241615
DEP	10098661
Reference	{Deposit:: SMITH & BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, AUG. 23, 1983.}{Deposit:: SHAW, S.F., 1909, ENG. & MIN. JOUR., P. 546; 548 1914 ENG. & MIN. JOUR. CLIPPING}{Deposit:: ABBOTT, J.W., 1914, MIN. & SCI, PRESS., P. 484.}{Deposit:: USGS MAP MF 136}{Deposit:: USGS PP 171}{Deposit:: WEED, W.H., 1918 MINES HANDBOOK VOL XIII, P. 1122-1123}{Deposit:: USBM, 1983, MILS DATA}{Production:: SHAW, S.F., 1909, P. 547; COUCH AND CARPENTER, 1943, P. 88.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)