Nevada · Nye County
Occurrence
Sunset Prospect
Nye County, Nevada, United States
Barium-Barite
Antimony
Gold
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Commodities
Tertiary
Barium-Barite, Antimony, Gold
Commodity type
B
Deposit
Deposit type
Replacement
Deposit size
N
Orebody form
IRREGULAR BANDS, STELLAR AGGREGATES
Ore control
Along Bedding Planes
Materials
Ore minerals
Barite, Gold, Stibnite
Gangue
Pyrite
Geology
Host rock
Limestone · Gold Hill Formation
Structure
Thrust Fault
Alteration
Stibnite Is Partly Altered To Valentinite.Silicification
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Identification
Deposit ID
10044299
MRDS ID
M231696
Region
NA
Data score
C
Coordinates
38.52437, -117.05814
References
FERGUSON, H.G., 1924, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT: USGS BULL 723, P. 158