Mine detail: Bald Mountain/Alig Ridg-Yankee Mine

Previously called 'Bald Mountain'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.94852, -115.57619

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Other material: Calcite, Cerussite, Chrysocolla, Jasper, Malachite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Pyrite, Quartz, Stibnite
Discovery year: 1975

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Plant
First production started: 1983

Geology

References

MRDSSD02013
MAS320330503
DEP10126180
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ReporterBuckingham, David A.