Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold, Silver, Gypsum-Anhydrite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeSedimentary
Model59: Skarn Cu
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formELLIPTICAL
Ore controlShear Zone; Near Fault Contact Between Host Rock And Igneous Intrusives
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite
GangueAndradite, Calcite, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockHornfels,Marble
Associated rockDiorite · Yerington Batholith
StructureNumerous Faults One Of Which Being Transverse
AlterationSkarn Zone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10037692
MRDS IDM035864
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.95991, -119.2307
References
KNOPF, A., 1918 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE YERINGTON DISTRICT, NEV., USGS PROF. PAPER 1141907 RECON MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS1918 GEOLMAP KNOPF, A., USGS PROF. PAPER 1141969 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 75COUCH AND CARPENTER, 1943 , NEV. METAL AND MINERAL PROD., UNIV. OF NEV. BULL. VOL. 27 , NO. 4