Mine detail: Pactolus Mining Area

Previously called 'NBMG Sample Sites 3151, 3152.Pactolis'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.66964, -117.80372

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Gold
Discovery year:	1903

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	N20-55w, 45-70nw Shear Zone; E-W, 60nw Shear Zone; N40e, 45nw Shear Zone. Local Intense Deformation
Alteration processes:	Bleaching, Argillization, Silicification

References

MRDS	M231505
DEP	10109770
Reference	{Deposit:: KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS., BULL 99B, 1984.}{Deposit:: QUADE, JACK, 21 APR 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSES.}
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)