Mine detail: Trinity-Armor Mine

Previously called 'Jay Emm MineArmour-Trinity Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.57184, -117.11651

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Gold
Secondary:	Copper, Zinc
Tertiary:	Antimony, Iron
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Gangue:	Calcite
Orebody form:	TABULAR, PODS
Discovery year:	1871

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1871

Geology

Host rock:	Scott Canyon Formation;Harmony Formation
Host type:	Greenstone,Shale,Chert
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Dewitt Thrust Fault, Trinity Normal Fault
Alteration processes:	Strong Hydrothermal, Locally

References

MRDS	M231382
DEP	10103944
Reference	{Deposit:: STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF N.LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG}{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.}
Reporter	Flynn, Patricia Dodd