Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Manganese
SecondarySilver, Gold, Lead, Copper
TertiaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model72: Polymetallic replacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsChrysocolla, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueHematite, Limonite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale,Limestone · Lyndon Limestone;Pioche Shale
Associated rockQuartzite,Plutonic Rock · Prospect Mountain Quartzite
StructureFaulting, Ne Trending Normal Frontal Faults On The Pioche Hills Each Flank Of
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10037332
MRDS IDM032007
Alternate namesNBMG Sample Sites 1429 and 1430
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.9469, -114.49306
References
TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEVADA. NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL 73 PWESTGATE, L.G. AND KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. USGS PROF. PAPER 171 PHILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA USGS BULL 648 P.COUCH, B.F., CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE) UNIV. OF NEVADA BULL 38, P. 85 89USGS MAP MF 136SHAW, S. F., 1909, ENG AND MIN JOUR, P.545-548.SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, AUG 24,1983.WEED, W. H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XV, P. 1328.USBM, 1983, MILS DATATSCHANZ & PAMPEYAN, 1970