Description
Carr And Leidy
Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
TertiaryBarium-Barite, Mercury
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement Vein
Deposit sizeL
Ore controlFault Control
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite
GangueBarite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite,Trachyte · Mizpah Trachyte;West End Rhyolite
StructureMonarch-Pittsburg Fault, Macnamara Fault, Edwards Fault
AlterationSilicification, Sericitization, Kaolinization.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1901
Identification
Deposit ID10040494
MRDS IDM055300
Alternate namesWest End Consolidated Mining Co.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.06661, -117.23425
References
BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESBAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41BURGESS, 1911, THE HALOGEN SALTS OF SILVER AND ASSOC. MINERALS AT TONOPAH; ECON. GEOL. V. 6, P. 21SPURR, J.E., 1905, GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 42, P. 184-188.CARPENTER, JA, ET AL, 1953, HISTORY OF FIFTY YEARS OF MINING AT TONOPAH: NBMG BULL. 51.NOLAN, TB, 1935, UNDERGROUND GEOL. OF TONOPAH MIN. DIST.: NBMG BULL. 23CARPENTER, ET AL, 1953, P. 149