Mine detail: Tem Piute Silver Mine Silver Mine

Previously called 'Sterling ClaimRyan'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.61246, -115.64254

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Antimony, Arsenic, Copper
Discovery year:	1868

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1869
Last production ended:	1935

Geology

Host type:	Limestone,Dolomite
Structure:	Rocks Are Steeply East Dipping, Overturned To The North

References

MRDS	W016453
DEP	10105796
Reference	{Deposit:: TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEVADA, NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL 73 P.}{Deposit:: HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA USGS BULL 648 P.}{Deposit:: COUCH, B.F., CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVAD * METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE) UNIV. OF NEVADA BULL 38, P. 85-89}{Deposit:: BUSECK, P.R., 1962, PH.D. THESIS, COLUMBIA UNIV.,N.Y}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEV. NEWSLETTER PUB. CO., RENO, NV.}
Reporter	Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)