Description
Jess And Hazel Mellan
Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlContact Of Rhyolite Hanging Wall And Quartz Porphyry Footwall
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GangueLimonite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale,Rhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite
AlterationSilicification Of Rhyolite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1939
Discovery year1930
Identification
Deposit ID10046759
MRDS IDM241964
Alternate namesGolden Leo Claims, Viola Claims, Vista, Vivian, Lottie, Colorado, Jackson and Forked Willow Claims.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.70856, -116.58783
References
CORNWALL, H., 1977, NBMG BULL 72, P. 38-39KRAL, V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL 50, P. 131-132TURNER, J.K., 1934, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE MELLAN GOLD MINES INC.; NBMG FILE 219, ITEM 4.KRAL, 1951, P. 131-132