Mine detail: Flowery Mine

Previously called 'Flowery LodeBerry Glory HoleSix Mile CanyonBonanza-AdriaticLady Bryan PitConnectionNorth Bonanza PitGolden Eagle MineGold Eagle'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.31939, -119.59515

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Tertiary: Iron, Manganese, Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Galena, Pyrite, Gold, Silver, Iron
Gangue: Quartz, Kaolinite, Dickite, Illite, Chlorite, Alunite
Orebody form: tabular
Discovery year: 1868

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Deposit type: vein
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1868
Last production ended: 1995

Geology

Host rock:Alta andesite
Host type:Andesite
Structure:Flowery Lode shear zone
Alteration processes:Silicification accompanies ore. Also present is a suite of hydrothermal alteration minerals, including kaolinite, dickite, illite, chlorite, alunite and carbonate in the bleached Miocene volcanic rocks.

References

MRDSM231221
DEP10310359
Reference{Deposit:: Yang, K., Huntington, J. F., Boardman, J. W. & Mason, P. (1999) Mapping hydrothermal alteration in the Comstock mining district, Nevada, using simulated satellite-borne hyperspectral data; Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 46 (6), 915-922.}{Deposit:: Stoddard, Carl, and Carpenter, J.A., 1950, Mineral Resources of Storey and Lyon Counties, Nevada: NBMG Bull. 49}{Deposit:: Bastin, E.S., Bonanza Ores of the Comstock Lode, Nevada; USGS Bull. 735-C. p. 41-63.}{Deposit:: NBMG, 1988, NBMG MI-1987.}{Deposit:: NBMG Mining District File 309, Numerous Press Clippings.}{Deposit:: NBMG, 1994, MI-1993}{Deposit:: Nevada Division of Minerals, 1994}{Deposit:: Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.}{Deposit:: RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING COMPANIES, P247.}{Deposit:: 1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 14, 28.}{Deposit:: THE NORTHERN MINER, JUNE 14, 1993, P16.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, NOV. 12, 1993, P329.}{Deposit:: RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING COMPANIES, P326.}{Deposit:: MIRAMAR MINING 1995 ANNUAL REPORT.}{Deposit:: W.P.A. STATE WRITE* PROJECT, 1940-41; INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK; UNPUBLISHED OPEN FILE REPORT- NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.}{Deposit:: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 70, PLATE 2, NO. 123.}{Deposit:: NEV. DIV. MINES INSPECTION, 1977, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1976, P. 51.}{Reserve-Resource:: AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK 1996, P167.}
ReporterFlynn, Patricia Dodd, La Pointe, D.D., Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.), Buckingham, David A., LaPointe, D. D., Schruben, Paul G., Lipton, David A.