Commodities
PrimarySilver, Manganese
TertiaryGold, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model72: Polymetallic replacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown
Ore controlStrong E-W Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsAlabandite, Galena, Lead, Rhodochrosite, Siderite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Other materialsPyrite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale,Limestone · Pole Canyon (Eldorado) Limestone;Pioche Shale
Associated rockDiorite
StructureNumerous Faults
AlterationOxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1882
Identification
Deposit ID10037249
MRDS IDM031210
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.72882, -114.60892
References
HILL, JAMES M. 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, U.S. GEO BULL. 648RANSOME AND BURCHARD, 1919, CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEO. PART 1 METALS & NONMETALS EXCEPT FUELS USGS BULL 710HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C. JR.,AND SMITH, R.M., 1976, NBMG BULL 85, P.43.PARDEE, J.T. AND JONES, E.L. JR., 1920, USGS BULL 71O-F, P. 212-216.SCHMITT, HARRISON, 1954, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 322, ITEM 4; UNPUB. MATERIAL.NBMG DISTRICT FILE 322 PRESS CLIPPINGS, 1935 MINING RECORD CLIPPING.USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.COUCH, B.F. AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NBMG BULL 38, P. 150.HILL 1916