Mine detail: Reward Mine

Previously called 'Brown Moster-RewardBrown Monster'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.7469, -118.05398

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Lead
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold
Gangue:	Anglesite, Calcite, Chrysocolla, Diopside, Jasper, Limonite, Linarite, Quartz, Tremolite
Orebody form:	PINCH-SWELL
Discovery year:	1870

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Slate,Limestone
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Reward Gulch Eroded Along Shear Zone, 40-50 Ft. Wide, Slickensides, Faults
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	M024083
DEP	10103481
Reference	{Deposit:: NORMAN, L.A., JR. AND STEWART, RICHARD M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 47, NO. 1, P. 48-49}{Deposit:: TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 386-388}{Deposit:: KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1918, INYO RANGE AND THE EASTERN SLOPE OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA, CALIF: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER NO. 110, P. 121-122}{Deposit:: GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 505}{Production:: TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1938), NORMAN AND STEWART (1951), KNOPF (1918), GOODWIN (1957)}
Reporter	Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.)