Commodities
PrimaryGold, Copper, Lead, Silver
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlRegional Fracturing In Less Competent Rocks Around The Border Of The Quartz Monzonite Body
Materials
Ore mineralsBrochantite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Galena, Linarite, Malachite, Mottramite, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
GangueHematite
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite
StructurePost Mineral Faults Offset The Vein In Various Places
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10037033
MRDS IDM030081
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.45251, -114.9211
References
CALLAGHAN, E. 1939, GEOLOGY OF THE SEARCHLIGHT DISTRICT, CLARK CO. USGS BULL 906-D P. 161-164LONGWELL CR, PAMPEYAN EH, BOWYER B, ROBERTS RJ, 1965 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 62 P. 201CALLAGAN, 1939