Nevada · Churchill County
Past Producer

Chalk Mountain Silver-Lead Mine

Churchill County, Nevada, United States
SilverLeadArsenicGoldZincIronMolybdenum
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Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryArsenic, Gold, Zinc
TertiaryIron, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model72: Polymetallic replacement
Deposit sizeM
Ore controlFractures In Limestone
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Cerargyrite, Copper, Plumbojarosite, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Dolomite
Associated rockDiorite
StructureRegional Eastward Dips
AlterationOxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10043730
MRDS IDM231001
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.31935, -118.11679
References
SCHRADER, F C, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA, 1947, NBMG FILESWILLDEN, RONALD, AND SPEED, R C, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 83.VANDERBURG, 1940, MINING DISTRICTS IN CHURCHILL CO, US BUR MINES; REPT INC, 7093SCHILLING, 1962 B, MOLYBDENUM IN NEVADA; NEV BUR MINES REPORT 2