Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Gold, Zinc
TertiaryBismuth
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Model72: Polymetallic replacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENS
Ore control20-Ft Zone Of Brecciated Limestone Striking N10e, Dipping 55-70w; Fault Zone At N. Workings.
Materials
Ore mineralsBismuthinite, Galena, Lead, Malachite, Smithsonite
GangueCalcite, Hematite, Rhodochrosite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale,Sandstone,Limestone
StructureFaultsshear Zone, Fracture System.
AlterationJasperoidization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10037288
MRDS IDM031252
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.65604, -114.41086
References
HILL, JAMES M 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, US GEO BULL 648HOSE, R. K., BLAKE, M. C., JR., AND SMITH, R., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES., BULL 85USBM, 1983, MILS DATATINGLEY, J.V., 1980, FIELD NOTES FROM FIELD EXAMINATION ON MAY 16, 1980.LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.,RENO,NEVADA.TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA; PREPARED FOR BLM.COUCH, B.F. AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NBMG BULL 38, P. 150.