Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold, Silver, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formBLANKET, TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Ore controlSweet Marie Fault Zone Restricted The Downward Movement Of Copper-Bearing Solutions To Form The Ore Deposit In Favorable Beds.
Materials
Ore mineralsBrochantite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockMetasedimentary Rock · Harmony Formation
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite
StructureFolding, Ne-Trending Faults, Nw Faults
AlterationArgillic, Pyritic, Leaching
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1925
Discovery year1925
Identification
Deposit ID10044057
MRDS IDM231377
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.60907, -117.03538
References
STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. PROF PAPER 459-BSAYERS, R.W., TIPPETT, M.C., AND FIELDS, E.D., 1968, THE ORE DEPOSITS AT COPPER CANYON AND COPPER BASIN, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: PAPER PRESENTED AT AIME ANNUAL MEETING, NYC