Mine detail: Bull Run Prospect

Previously called 'Blue Jacket Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.65514, -116.16047

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Zinc, Copper
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Quartz, Calcite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	tabular
Discovery year:	1868

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Polymetallic vein and replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1868

Geology

Host rock:	Aura Formation
Host type:	Limestone,Shale
Associated type:	Granodiorite
Structure:	The Trail Creek fault emplaced western assemblage cherts and argillites over transitional assemblage rocks a few miles north of the Blue Jacket Mine, The area is transected by a series of northeast-trending faults

References

MRDS	M232793
DEP	10310516
Reference	{Deposit:: Smith, R.M. ,1976, Mineral Resources of Elko Co. Nev, USGS Open-File Report 1976-56}{Deposit:: Granger, A.E., 1957, Mineral Resources of Elko Co. Nev, NBMG Bull. 54.}{Deposit:: Decker, R.W., 1962, Geology Of The Bull Run Quad, Elko Co., NBMG Bull 60.}{Deposit:: LaPointe and others, 1991, Mineral Resources of Elko Co. Nevada, NBMG Bull. 106}{Deposit:: Schmauch and others, 1992.}{Deposit:: Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-206A, 33 p.; 98-206B. one 3.5 inch diskette.}{Deposit:: Bentz and Brooks, 1982, field examination report, NBMG files.}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G., LaPointe, D.D., Kirkham, R. A.