Mine detail: Carissa Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.47411, -108.79378

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Orpiment, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Realgar

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1850

Geology

Host rock:	Miners Delight
Host type:	Hornblendite
Alteration processes:	Small Amounts Of Realgar, Or Piment, And Scorodite

References

MRDS	W032154
DEP	10111268
Reference	{Deposit:: GSW BULL 50, P. 87.}{Deposit:: GSW RI 23, P. 4, 6-9.}{Production:: GSW BULL 50, P. 87: GSW RI 23, P. 6-7.}
Reporter	Barari, Rachel A.