Mine detail: Olympic Mine

Previously called 'OmcoRoyal George Group'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.60798, -117.89344

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Ore: Electrum
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1915

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite,Trachyte
Associated rock:Esmeralda
Associated type:Tuff
Structure:N20w. Post-Mineral Faults Cut Vein
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSM233177
DEP10109771
Reference{Deposit:: ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941}{Deposit:: KNOPF, A., 1921, ORE DEPOSITS OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USGS BULL. 725-H}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISH. CO.}{Deposit:: SIEBERT, FRED J., 1917, NEVAD* LATEST GOLD DISTRICT; MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS MARCH 1917.}{Production:: ROSS, D. C., 1961, TABLE 6.1}
ReporterRoyse, Sue E.