Description
James And Ed Clifford
Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formPIPES AND BUNCHES
Ore controlThe Ore Is Control By A Vertical Fault With Andesite In Contact With Rhyolite Agglomerate.
Materials
Ore mineralsCerargyrite, Gold, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Stephanite
GangueJarosite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite,Andesite
Associated rockRhyolite,Andesite
AlterationSilicification, Leached Rhyolitic Volcanics
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1906
Identification
Deposit ID10044175
MRDS IDM231536
Alternate namesHelena
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.13938, -116.48034
References
KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 42-43FERGUSON, H.G., 1916, THE GOLDEN ARROW, CLIFFORD, AND ELLENDALE DISTRICTS: USGS BULL. 640-F, P. 121-122.NBMG FILE 220, ITEM 1.NBMG FILE 220, ITEM 2.KLEINHAMPL & ZIONY, 1980