Mine detail: Weepah Mine

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Location

Lat / long: 37.9305, -117.55786

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Copper, Lead
Ore: Gold, Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: Vein, Au-quartz, peraluminous granite
Discovery year: 1902

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Deposit type: contact metasomatic; vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1904-39; 1983, 1986-87
First production started: 1904
Last production ended: 1987

Geology

Host rock:Wyman Formation, Weepah Pluton
Host type:Limestone,Slate
Associated type:Granite,Alkali-Granite (Alaskite)
Structure:The deposit occurs along a fault

References

DEP10310538
Reference{Deposit:: Spurr, J.E., 1906, Ore Deposits of the Silver Peak Quad., Nev.: USGS PP 55, p. 80-81.}{Deposit:: Oxnam, T.H., 1936, Weepah Gold: Eng. and Mining Jour., vol. 137, no. 6, p. 300-303.}{Deposit:: NBMG Bull 38}{Deposit:: Albers, J. P. and Stewart, J. H., 1972, NBMG Bull 78}{Deposit:: NBMG Map 84, 1983.}{Deposit:: Bonham, H.F., 1986, NBMG Map 91.}{Deposit:: NBMG MI-1980, MI1983, and MI1986-MI1999.}{Deposit:: Pay Dirt 10/86.}{Deposit:: Sunshine Annual 1986-1988 Annual Reports}{Deposit:: Tingley, J. V. and Maldonado, F.,1983, Investigation of the mineral potential of the Clipper Gap, Lone Mountain-Weepah, and Pipe Spring plutons, Nevada; NBMG Open-File Report, Report: 83-8, 106 pp.}{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:: Sonderman, F. J., 1971, The Geology of the Weepah Mining District, UNR M.S. Thesis.}{Deposit:: Division of Mine Inspection, Dec., 1983, Directory of Nevada Mine Operations Active During Calendar Year 1983.}{Deposit:: NBMG Mining District File 96b, press clippings.}{Deposit:: Goldfield Land Status, 1978.}
ReporterLaPointe, D.D., Schruben, Paul G.