Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead, Antimony
TertiaryGold, Copper, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlFracture Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Freibergite, Galena, Gold, Jamesonite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Koipato;Prida Formation;Prida
Associated rockRhyolite
StructurePre-Minerafault Fissures, Fault Block
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1861
Identification
Deposit ID10042517
MRDS IDM060335
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.53156, -118.15208
References
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89RANSOME, 1909, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; USGS BULL. 414VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM 1C 6902LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 61CAMERON, 1939, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE NE HUMBOLDT RANGE; GSA BULL. 50.WHITE, 1869, REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST OF NEVADA FOR 1867 AND 1868, CARSON CITY, NEVADA.