Mine detail: Buffalo Hump Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.16048, -117.80873

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Lead, Copper
Ore: Silver, Gold
Orebody form: TABULARVEIN/FAULT ZONE ?
Discovery year: 1936

Production

Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Comstock epithermal vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1936

Geology

Host type:Tuff,Rhyolite
Structure:N-TO NE-TRENDING FAULTS
Alteration processes:KAOLINIZATION, IRON-STAINING, SILICIFICATION

References

MRDSM234039
DEP10310499
Reference{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R. AND R.C. SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NV.; N.B.M.G. BULL 83}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W.O., 1940, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CHURCHILL COUNTY, NV.; U.S.B.M. I.C. 7093}{Deposit:: NBMG MI-96; MI-97; MI-98; Vanderburg, 1940 (USBM IC 7093); NBMG Bull 83}{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.}
ReporterLa Pointe, D. D., LaPointe, D.D., Schruben, Paul G.