Mine detail: Delamar District-Nevada

Previously called 'Ferguson DistrictMagnolia Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.45857, -114.76774

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold
Tertiary: Manganese, Iron
Discovery year: 1891

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: BRECCIA SHEAR ZONES
Production size: Large
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1892

Geology

Structure:B EAST-WEST BELTS OF RHYOLITE DIKES; NORMAL FAULTING IN MANY DIRECTIONS, NS, EW NORMAL FAULTS
Alteration processes:SILICIFICATION; HYDROTHERMAL, OXIDATION

References

MRDSW002905
DEP60001660
Reference{Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, EUGENE, 1937, GEOLOGY OF THE DELAMAR DISTRICT, LINCOLN CO., NEV.: NEV. UNIV. BULL. V 31 NO 5 69P.}{Deposit:: KOSCHMANN, A H AND BERGENDAHL, M H, 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE U.S.: USGS PROF. PAPER 610, P. 185-186}{Deposit:: EMMONS, S F, 1901, THE DELAMAR AND HORNSILVER MINES: 2 TYPES OF ORE DEPOSITS IN UTAH AND NEVADA: AIMME TRANS, VOL 31 P. 658-675}{Deposit:: TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, C.M., 1970, GEOL. MIN. DEP. LINCOLN CO: NEV. B. OF M. B. 73, P. 136-140.}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F C, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS, MIN RESOURCES NEV: RENO, NEV. NEWSLETTER PRESS.}