Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
SecondaryLead
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formNARROW LENSES
Ore controlVeins Encased In A Roughly Tabular Envelope Of Dolomitized Rock Within A Few Hundred Feet Of The Diablo Grit Bed
Materials
Ore mineralsBindheimite, Galena, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockArgillite,Dolomite · Palmetto Formation;Palmetto Formation
Associated rockSandstone · Diablo Formation;Candelaria Formation
StructureAlpha Fault Cuts Vein Group In Lower Levels. Diablo Grit Bed Structurally Repeated
AlterationCarbonitization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1871
Identification
Deposit ID10037551
MRDS IDM035493
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.14854, -118.08177
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. 58