Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° 45' 32'' North , 114° 38' 13'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|
| McGill | 1,148 (2011) | 41.2km |
| Ruth | 440 (2011) | 61.4km |
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:58978:6
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Burke Property, May Queen and Pride of the Hills Claims
lead-silver
Structure: Numerous Faults Fissure, Dike
Alteration: Oxidation To 80 Ft.
Deposit: The country rock is a blue, somewhat dolomitic limestone in beds 1 to 2 ft thick, which strike n10 W and dip 40-50w. A very much altered feldspathic porphyry dike, seen in indistinct croppings northwest of the ore body seems to trend northeast and to be 15-20 ft wide. The croppings are 60 ft long and 10 to 15 ft wide and consist of limonite and small amounts of argentiferous cerusite nodules of galena surrounded by crusts of anglesite and cerusite are found at a depth of 80 these nodules are said to assay about 80 per cent lead and 80 ounces silver a ton. ; info.src : 1 pub lit; 2 unpub rept residual nodules of galena surrounded by crusts of anglesite and cerussite along a fissure. Discovery year: early 1870's
Development: Good milling ore was exposed in 1873; property was under development in 1913.
Geology: Ore outcrops (along a fissure), 60 feet long and 10-15 feet wide
Ore(s): Crushed Zone
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| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts |
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| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates |
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| ⓘ | Cerussite | 5.AB.15 | PbCO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates |
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| ⓘ | Anglesite | 7.AD.35 | PbSO4 |
| Unclassified |
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| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - |
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