Mine detail: Drinkwater Mine

Previously called 'Blair Group Part'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.79744, -117.70871

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Silver, Lead
Ore:	Galena, Pyrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	LENSES
Discovery year:	1864

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Wyman Formation
Host type:	Marble,Schist,Limestone
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Post-Ore Faults
Alteration processes:	Silicification; Sericitization

References

MRDS	M242325
DEP	10106935
Reference	{Deposit:: SPURR, J.E., 1906, U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER NO. 55}{Deposit:: SHAMBERGER, HUGH A., 1970, SILVER PEAK: HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA SERIES, NO. 8: NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA.}{Production:: SPURR, J.E., (1906)}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)