Mine detail: Great Bend Mine

Previously called 'Great Bend ClaimThanksgiving GiftRed Butte ClaimsHigh Rock FractionNileak Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.75328, -117.19674

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Copper, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Alunite, Marcasite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR, STRINGERS, BUNCHES
Other material:	Pyrite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated rock:	Milltown Andesite
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Post-Ore Crushing
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Alunitization, Pyritization

References

MRDS	M241911
DEP	10104103
Reference	{Deposit:: RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS PP 66, P. 251}{Deposit:: TURNER, J.K., 1934, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GREAT BEND MINE; NBMG FILE 91, ITEM 6}{Deposit:: NBMG REPORT 19, P. 65-66}{Deposit:: WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1212-1213.}{Production:: RANSOME, F.L., 1909, P. 251. TURNER, J.K., 1934, P. 4-5}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)