Description
Roosevelt Mining Claim
Commodities
PrimarySilver, Copper, Gold
SecondaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeMetamorphic
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlOre Zone Along Mineralized Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Scheelite, Silver
GangueChalcopyrite
Geology
Host rockHornfels,Skarn (Tactite) · Excelsior Formation
Associated rockDiorite
StructureAn East Trending Mineralized Fault, Dips From 70 Deg. South To Vertical Is Cut In Lower Adit
AlterationCalcification, Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1907
Discovery year1903
Identification
Deposit ID10037462
MRDS IDM035327
Alternate namesExcelsior Mtn. Co., Amalgamated Copper Co., Qualey, Quality, Sulfide
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.31742, -118.50206
References
LINCOLN, F. C., 1923 , MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEV. ; RENO NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., P 137 - 157ROSS, D. L., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58DMEA - 3289 (CONF.)ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1975 , VOL. 176 , NO. 11 , P 2401927 RECON NEV. NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO1954 RECON DMEA - 3289 (CONF.)1961 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 58E & MJ ( F4 )