Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlFault Zone Restricted Downward Movement Of Cu Rich Spolutions, To Form The Ore Bodies In Favorable Beds.
Materials
Ore mineralsBrochantite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Tenorite
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite
StructureDewitt Thrust Fault, Faults, Widow Fault
AlterationHydrothermal
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10044071
MRDS IDM231396
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.60684, -117.0365
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 QUARDRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B.AYERS, R.W., TIPPETT, M.C. AND FIELDS, E.D., 1968, THE ORE DEPOSITS AT COPPER CANYON AND COPPER BASIN, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: AIME PAPER DELIVERED AT ANNUAL MEETING IN NYC