Description
O. T. Owens, Frank Crumpacker, And Joseph Therien Of Lovelock
Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryLead, Copper, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlBasaltic Dike; Fault Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsElectrum, Silver
GangueQuartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite,Andesite
Associated rockRhyolite,Andesite,Basalt,Plutonic Rock
StructureA Series Of Subparallel Nne-Trending Faults; Folding, Vein Has Been Faulted; Nne-Trend Faults And East-Trending Faults Which Displace Them.
Alteration2 Separate Alteration Events; Pervasive Propylitic And Later Argillic Along Fault Zones.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1907 - 1962
First production1907
Discovery year1905
Identification
Deposit ID10042433
MRDS IDM060226
Alternate namesTyler Shaft, Kindergarten Shaft, Ivor, Idwal, Llewelyn, and Idris Claims, Seven Troughs Coalition Mining Co Property After 1908, Kindergarten Therien Group, NBMG Sample Site 2816.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.46545, -118.78599
References
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