Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryLead, Zinc, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Covellite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueQuartz
Other materialsPyrite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1912
Identification
Deposit ID10042550
MRDS IDM060374
Alternate namesRochester-Plymouth Mines ?, NBMG Sample Site 2558
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.28351, -118.19736
References
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89KNOPF, A., 1924, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS ROCHESTER DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 762VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM 1C 6902VIKRE, P.G., 1978, GEOLOGY AND SILVER MINERALIZATION OF THE ROCHESTER DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA, PH.D. THESIS STANFORD UNIV.BONHAM, H. F., JR., 14 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3