Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
TertiaryTungsten, Antimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeHydrothermal Vein
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Gold, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueQuartz, Rhodochrosite, Sanidine
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1857
Identification
Deposit ID10006821
MRDS IDC004763
Alternate namesAdvance, Colorado No 2, Tarshish
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.66519, -119.7071
References
CLARK, W. B., 1977 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALPINE COUNTY, CALIF: CDMG COUNTY REPT NO 8 , P. 22 - 27 .EVANS, J. R., ED, 1966 , GUIDEBOOK ALONG THE EAST - CENTRAL FRONT OF THE SIERRA NEVADA: GEOL. SOCIETY OF SACRAMENTO, ANN. FIELD TRIP, JUNE, 1966 , PTUCKER & SAMPSONCLARK, 1977