Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryLead, Gold
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model75: Distal disseminated Ag-Au
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formRESTRICTED SHOOTS
Ore controlVeins Encased In Intensely Altered Rock Within A Few Hundred Feet Of Diablo Grit Bed
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Palmetto Formation;Palmetto Formation;Palmetto Formation;Palmetto Formation;
Associated rockArgillite · Candelaria Formation;
StructureReservoir Fault Branches Repeatedly Or Cuts Off Impinging Faults Which Strike Ne
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10037550
MRDS IDM035492
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.14937, -118.08983
References
KNOPF, ADOLF, 1922 , THE CANDELARIA SILVER DISTRICT, NEV., CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, USGS, BULL 735PAGE, B. M., 1959 , GEOLOGY OF THE CANDELARIA MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 56ROSS, D. C., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 581922 RECON KNOPF, ADOLF BULL. 735 PP 1 - 231923 RECON NEV. NEWSLETTER PUB. CO. PP 137 - 1571959 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 561961 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 58PAGE F2