Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
SecondaryLead, Copper
TertiaryZinc, Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Alta Andesite
StructureSilver City Fault
AlterationStrong-Sericitization, Pyritization, Propylitization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10043946
MRDS IDM231255
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.27434, -119.65044
References
STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA NBMG BULL 49GIANELLA, V.P., 1936, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER CITY DISTRICT AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COMSTOCK LODE; UNIV. NEVADA BULL. VOL. 30, NO. 9STODDARD, C., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950