Mine detail: Wild Goose Vein

Previously called 'Silver Butte Mine In PartButte Mine, Nbmg Sample Site 2606'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.58878, -117.45903

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Arsenic
Gangue:	Kaolin, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Schist
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Shear Zones
Alteration processes:	Kaolinization, Sericitization Of Rhyolite

References

MRDS	M242827
DEP	10104131
Reference	{Deposit:: TINGLEY, J. V., 5 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W. O., 1938, USBM I. C. 6995, P. 38-39.}{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, PL. I.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)