Mine detail: Gold Crater Mine

Previously called 'Gold Crater . ClaimsGold Crater Consolidated Mining Co. Property'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.53467, -116.88201

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Copper
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1914

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1919

Geology

Host type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Andesite
Associated type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Andesite
Alteration processes:Silicification, Kaolinization

References

MRDSM241965
DEP10104106
Reference{Deposit:: LINCOLN F.C; 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUB. CO., RENO, NV.}{Deposit:: WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1208 AND 1214}{Deposit:: BLACK, F.C., 1919, GOLD CRATER GROUP; NBMG FILE 230, ITEM 1.}{Deposit:: POTENTIAL NATIONAL RESISTER SITE REPORT, LOCATION NO. NY 066; NBMG FILE 230 ITEM 2.}
ReporterLa Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)