Mine detail: Yellow Pine Mine

Previously called 'ComoPrairie FlowerRoverHiloBybeeRadioHermesYellow Pine Lead Zinc Mine.'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.85, -115.49584

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
Secondary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Mercury
Ore:	Anglesite, Chrysocolla, Cinnabar, Hydrozincite, Malachite, Smithsonite
Gangue:	Annabergite, Barite, Dioptase, Jarosite, Jasper, Linarite, Olivenite, Plumbojarosite, Pyrite, Pyromorphite, Stibnite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Other material:	Galena
Discovery year:	1892

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1906 - 1928
First production started:	1906

Geology

Host rock:	Monte Cristo (Yellow Pine) (Bullion)
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Bird Springs Formation
Associated type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Normal Faults Are Numerous And Attitudes Very Greatly; Thrust Fault, Fault Zone
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization, Silicification

References

MRDS	M242230
DEP	10104120
Reference	{Deposit:: LONGWELL, C.R., 1965, GEOL. MIN. DEP. OF CLARK CO., NEV., NBMG BULL 62, P. 108-110, 198}{Deposit:: HEWITT, D.F., 1931, GEOL. AND MIN. DEP. OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD, NEV, USGS, P. 162, PP. 129-137.}{Deposit:: HEWITT, D.F., 1956, GEOL. AND MIN. RESOURCES OF IVANPAH QUAD. CA AND NEV., USGS., PP I75, P. 150-151}{Deposit:: ALBRITTON, C.C., ETAL, 1954, GEOLOGIC CONTROLS OF PB-ZN DEP. IN GOODSPRINGS DIST., NEV., USGS, BULL 1010, P. 18-40.}{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, NBMG BULL 41}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F. C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUB. CO., RENO.}{Deposit:: MCKNIGHT, E. T., NEWMAN, W. L., AND HEYL, A. V., JR. (COMPILERS), 1962, USGS MAP MR-19.}{Production:: HEWITT, 1956, USGS, PP 275, P. 151. HEWITT, 1931, USGS, P. 162,PP. 129-137.}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., Lyles, B.F.(Nmbg), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.)