Mine detail: Amalgamated Mine

Previously called 'Union No. 2 MineEarle MineUnion Amalgamated Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.53382, -117.05981

Resource(B)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite, Sericite
Other material:	Fluorite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	White Caps Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Major Faults Strike Ne And Show Evidence Of Post-Mineral Movement. Zanzibar Thrust Fault Forms Northern Limit Of Mineralization.

References

MRDS	M231675
DEP	10103954
Reference	{Deposit:: KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 125}{Deposit:: FERGUSON, H.G., 1924, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT: USGS BULL 723, P. 153-154.}{Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED REPORT, NBMG FILE 240, ITEM 1.}{Production:: FERGUSON, P. 153.}
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)