Mine detail: Arrowhead Mine

Previously called 'Arrowhead Mining Co. Ground.NBMG Sample Site 2742.'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.08523, -116.17339

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Antimony
Ore:	Argentite, Gold, Pyrargyrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TWO SHOOTS. IN A 3-8 FT WIDE VEIN FAULTED 160 FT WEST OF SHAFT

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Welded Tuff
Associated type:	Rhyodacite
Structure:	The Tuff On The West Is Faulted By An Arcuate Transcurrent Fault And Shear Zone.
Alteration processes:	The Welded Tuff Is Pervasively And Intensely Bleached, Argillized, And Silicified. And Pyritized

References

MRDS	M231502
DEP	10103948
Reference	{Deposit:: EKREN, E.B., ROGERS, C.L., AND DIXON, G.L., 1973, GEOLOGIC AND BOUGUER GRAVITY MAP OF THE REVEILLE QUAD.: USGS MAP I-806.}{Deposit:: KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS. BULL 99B, 1984, P. 39-42.}{Deposit:: LINCOLN,F.C.,1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEV. NEWSLETTER PUBL. CO., RENO,NV.}{Deposit:: WEED,W.H.,ED., 1921, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL.XIV.}{Deposit:: QUADE, JACK, 16 OCT 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.}{Production:: KLEINHAMPL & ZIONY, P. 752}
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)