Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryGold
TertiaryCopper, Antimony, Arsenic, Barium-Barite, Lead
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlFaults, Fissures; Sheeting
Materials
Ore mineralsCerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold
GanguePyrite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureReg.Struct: Broad Anticline, Broken By Major N-Trending Faults And Cross Faults, Ne Trending Major Fault Zones
AlterationSericitization
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1912
Identification
Deposit ID10042552
MRDS IDM060377
Alternate namesNBMG Sample Site 2554 and 2555
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates40.26157, -118.17986
References
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89KNOPF, A., 1924, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ROCHESTER DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 762SCHRADER, F.C., 1914, ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: IN USGS BULL. 580SIRDEVAN, 1913, NOTES ON THE PACKARD GROUP, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 291, ITEM 5.SHAMBERGER, H. A., 1973, ROCHESTER: HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA, VOL. 4.NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 291, PRESS CLIPPINGS.BONHAM, H. F.,JR., 13 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSES.NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.NBMG DISTRICT FILE 291, PRESS CLIPPINGS, 1983.NBMG DISTRICT FILE 291, 1983 PRESS CLIPPINGS