Nevada · Nye County
Occurrence

Irwin Mine

Nye County, Nevada, United States
Gold
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Description

F.L. Irwin

Commodities
TertiaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlAlong Faults Within The Troy Pluton Near Contact With Prospect Mountain Quartzite.
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite
AlterationCountry Rocks Are Locally Bleached, Sericitized, Argillized, And Iron-Oxide Stained Adjacent To The Deposit.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1905
Identification
Deposit ID10044377
MRDS IDM231786
Alternate namesEsmeralda Claim, Mayolli Claimirwin Group, Hillside Claim
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.38217, -115.55198
References
HYDE, JH AND HUTTRER, GW, 1970, GEOL. OF CENTRAL GRANT RANGE: AAPG BULL, V.54, NO. 3, P. 503-521KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.KRAL, V.E.,1951, NBMG BULL 50.HILL, J.M.,1916, USGS BULL 648.