Mine detail: Easter Project

Previously called 'Easter MineEastern MinePioche-Xray Mining & Milling Co. propertyNBMG Sample Site 579Taylor Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.51275, -114.63306

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold
Tertiary: Iron, Manganese, Mercury
Ore: Gold, Cinnabar, Iron, Adularia
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: tabular
Discovery year: 1912

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Deposit type: vein; breccia filling; shear zone
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1912
Last production ended: 1930

Geology

Host rock:Caliente Caldron Complex
Host type:Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:Local structures evident at the property are a shear zone as well as cross-faulting and fractures with slight silicification and mineralization at intersections with main fault zone.
Tectonic:Caliente Caldera Complex
Alteration processes:Alteration consists of silicification, argillization, and propylitization

References

MRDSM241676
DEP10310470
Reference{Deposit:: Tingley, J.V., 1984, NBMG Field Examination on April 4, 1984.}{Deposit:: Smith, A.M., 1933-1934, Report of a preliminary examination of the Easter Mine; NBMG District File 167, Item B.}{Deposit:: Correspondence between J. W. Taylor and J. E. Spurr, 1912, NBMG District File 167 Item 2.}{Deposit:: Callaghan, E., 1937, Geology of the Delamar District, Lincoln Co, Nev. Nevada Bur. of Mines vol . 31, no. 5, p. 50-58.}{Deposit:: Tschanz, C.M. and Pampeyan, .H., 1970, Geology and Mineral Deposits of Lincoln Co. Nev. Nev. Bur. Mines Bull. 73, p. 141.}{Deposit:: NBMG MI-1994, MI-1995}{Deposit:: Denver Mining Record, 9/6/95, 9/20/95.}{Deposit:: Beta Minerals website: www.betaminerals.com}{Deposit:: Snee, Lawrence W. and Rowley, Peter D. , 2000, New 40Ar/39Ar dates from the Caliente caldera complex, Nevada-Utah; at least 10 million years of Tertiary volcanism in one of the worl* largest caldera complexes; Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, vol.32, no.7, pp.461.}
ReporterLaPointe, D.D., Schruben, Paul G.