Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryCopper, Gold, Lead
TertiaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlShears, Fractures, Crushed Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsCerargyrite, Galena, Malachite, Polybasite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stephanite
GangueBarite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Valmy Formation
Associated rockDiorite · Granodiorite, Quarte Monconite
StructureRoberts Mtn Thrust At Great Depth; Lewis Thrust, Nw And Nin-Trending Faults, Yankey Dip-Slip Fault
AlterationBleaching, Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1880
Identification
Deposit ID10044093
MRDS IDM231420
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.45518, -116.88955
References
PAYNE, A.L., 1967, GEOL. REPORT ON THE BETTY O'NEAL SILVER MINE, LEWIS MINING DISTRICT, LANDER CO, NEVADA; UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL.VANDERBURG, W.O, 1939, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO., NEV., USBM. INFO. CIRCULAR 7043STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO.; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL, BULL. 88, PART IIEMMONS, W.H., 1910, A RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING CAMPS IN ELKO, LANDER, AND EUREKA COUNTIES, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 408