Nevada · Washoe County
Occurrence
Surefire
Washoe County, Nevada, United States
Copper
Silver
Gold
Lead
Zinc
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Commodities
Primary
Copper, Silver
Secondary
Gold, Lead, Zinc
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Deposit size
N
Ore control
Nw-Trending Fault Zones
Materials
Ore minerals
Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue
Calcite
Geology
Host rock
Quartz Latite
Associated rock
Quartz Latite
Structure
Walker Lane Structure, Mullen Pass Ne-Trending Structure
Alteration
Adv Argillic, Sericitic, Propylitic
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Identification
Deposit ID
10043827
MRDS ID
M231110
Region
NA
Data score
C
Coordinates
39.84878, -119.61268
References
WALKER, A B GEOL & MIN DEP, PYRAMID DIST, S WASHOE CO, NEV UNPUB PHD DISSERT, MSM, UNR 1975