Mine detail: Searchlight District

Previously called 'DuplexQuartette Mines'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.46581, -114.91802

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Copper, Silver
Tertiary:	Vanadium, Iron, Tungsten
Discovery year:	1897

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	FISSURE VEINS (34 VEINS)
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1898

Geology

Structure:	GASH-TYPE FRACTURES FILLED WITH VEIN MATERIAL LATER BRECCIATED, WNW VEINS; APOPHYSES OF QTZ MONZONITE. AREA UPLIFTED, DENUDED, INTRUDED
Alteration processes:	OXIDATION, HYDROTHERMAL (SILICIFICATION)

References

MRDS	W002897
DEP	60001653
Reference	{Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E. 1939, GEOLOGY OF THE SEARCHLIGHT DISTRICT, CLARK CO. NEVADA: USGS BULL. 906-D P. 135-188}{Deposit:: KOSCHMANN, A H AND BERGENDAHL, M H, 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE U.S.: USGS PROF. PAPER 610, P. 175}{Deposit:: RANSOME, F. L., 1909, PRELIM GOLDFIELD, BULLFROG AND OTHER MINING DISTRICTS IN S. NEVADA: USGS BULL. 303 P. 63-75}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F. C., 1923, MIN. DISTS OF NEVADA: RENO, NEV. NEWSLETTER PUB. CO. P. 24-27}{Deposit:: FERGUSON, H. G. 1929, MIN DISTS OF NEVADA: ECON GEOL, VOL 24, P. 135}