Nevada · Pershing County
Past Producer

Mazuma Hills Mine

Pershing County, Nevada, United States
GoldSilverLeadAntimonyCopper
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Description

William Stauts

Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
TertiaryLead, Antimony, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Electrum
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite
AlterationTwo Periods Of Alteration; An Early Pervasive Propylitic Event And A Second Argillic Alteration.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1907
Discovery year1905
Identification
Deposit ID10042432
MRDS IDM060225
Alternate namesMazuma Hills Group, NBMG Sample Site 2817, Reagan Mine Adjoining, Lookout Claims, Outlook Claims
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.4685, -118.78627
References
QUADE, JACK, 6 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.NBMG STAFF, 1985, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE PARADISE-DENIO AND SONOMA-GERLACH RESOURCE AREAS, WINNEMUCCA DISTRICT, NEVADA: NBMG OFR 85-3.BRUCE, W. R., 1980, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SEVEN TROUGHS MINING DISTRICT; PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA.; SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS FIELD TRIP GUIDE, UNPUB.JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, P. 87-89.SHAMBERGER, H. A., 1972, THE STORY OF SEVEN TROUGHS, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA - HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA; NO. 3: USGS AND NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES, NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY.RANSOME, F. L., 1909, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL 414, P. 19-25.VANDERBURG, W. O., 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM IC 6902, P. 37-39.LINCOLN, F. C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., RENO.COUCH, B. F., AND CARPENTER, J. A., 1943, NEVADA'S MAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE): NBMG BULL. 38, NO. 4, P. 130-131.STAGER, H.K., AND TINGLEY, J.V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BUL 105, P. 192.SILBERMAN, M. L., JOHNSON, M. G., KOSKI, R. A., AND ROBERTS, R. J., 1973, K-AR AGES OF MINERAL DEPOSITS AT WONDER, SEVEN TROUGHS, IMLAY, TEN MILE AND ADELAIDE MINING DISTRICTS IN CENTRAL NEVADA: ISOCHRON/WEST, NO. 8, P. 31-35.COUCH AND CARPENTER (1943).