Mine detail: Irish Rose Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.6099, -117.08372

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Gold, Lead, Arsenic
Tertiary:	Antimony, Iron
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Stibnite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1875

Geology

Host rock:	Harmony Formation
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Dewitt Thrust Fault, N-Trending Faults

References

MRDS	M231346
DEP	10103940
Reference	{Deposit:: STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88.}{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B.}{Production:: ROBERTS, J.A. AND ARNOLD, 1965.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D. D.