Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc
SecondaryCopper, Gold, Silver
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Model72: Polymetallic replacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlComplicated Structure Of The Beds Where They Overlie The Potosi Thrust Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsCalamine, Galena, Hydrozincite, Pyromorphite, Wulfenite
Geology
Host rockDolomite
StructureLarge Scale Overthrusts; Potosi Thrust A Few Hundred Ft. To The E, Locally Folded And Jointed
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10037030
MRDS IDM030075
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.86917, -115.4889
References
HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 , P. 127 .LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO.: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 62 .SCHILLING, 1962 B, MOLYBDENUM IN NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT 2 .LONGWELL, ETAL, 1965