Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlFractures; Contact Of Porphyry With Shale
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale · Pioche Shale;Prospect Mountain Quartzite
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureFractures
AlterationPorphyry Is Bleached, Argillically Altered.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1946
Identification
Deposit ID10037343
MRDS IDM032024
Alternate namesBlue Bird Claims, NBMG Sample Locations 1468 & 1469.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.5369, -115.73309
References
TSCHANZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY NEV BUR MINES BULL 73BENSON, WT, 1945, U.S BUR OF MINES, WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONSMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983 FIELD EXAMINATION.TSCHANTZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970