Nevada · Esmeralda County
Past Producer
Cowhide Mine
Esmeralda County, Nevada, United States
Clay
Talc-Soapstone
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Description
Justin Gates
Commodities
Primary
Clay, Talc-Soapstone
Commodity type
N
Deposit
Deposit type
Replacement
Deposit size
S
Workings
Surface/Underground
Ore control
Steeply-Dipping Fault Forms North Boundary Of Mineralized Zone; Igneous Contact
Materials
Gangue
Calcite, Garnet, Quartz, Tremolite
Other materials
Chlorite, Talc
Geology
Host rock
Hornfels,Limestone,Dolomite · Wyman; Reed Dolomite
Associated rock
Diorite
Structure
Steeply-Dipping Faults
Alteration
Strongly Sheared And Hydrothermally Altered Diorite
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Discovery year
1939
Identification
Deposit ID
10046850
MRDS ID
M242067
Alternate names
Cowhide Group
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
37.42439, -117.73398
References
PAPKE, K.G., 1975, NBMG BULL. 84, P. 35-37PAPKE, K.G., 1975, P. 36.