Mine detail: Weepah Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.9305, -117.55786

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Copper, Lead
Ore: Galena
Discovery year: 1902

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Wyman Formation; Weepah Pluton
Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Granite

References

MRDSM232103
DEP10106926
Reference{Deposit:: SPURR, J.E., 1906, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER PEAK QUAD., NEV.: USGS PP 55, P. 80-81.}{Deposit:: OXNAM, T.H., 1936, WEEPAH GOLD: ENGN AND MINING JOUR., VOL. 137, NO. 6, P. 300-303.}{Deposit:: ALBERS, J. P. AND STEWART, J. H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78}{Deposit:: SONDERMAN, F. J., 1971, THE GEOLOGY OF THE WEEPAH MINING DISTRICT, UNR MS THESIS.}{Deposit:: DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, DEC., 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1983.}{Deposit:: NBMG MAP 84, 1983.}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.F., 1986, NBMG MAP 91.}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.F., 1988, IN NBMG MI-1987.}{Deposit:: NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 96B, PRESS CLIPPINGS.}{Deposit:: NBMG, 1994, MI-1993}{Production:: ALBERTS AND STEWART, 1972, P. 70. NBMG MI-1993}{Reserve-Resource:: BONHAM, 1986. NBMG MI-1993}
ReporterWong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.)