Nevada · Nye County
Occurrence
Little Smoky No. 2 Prospect
Nye County, Nevada, United States
Mercury
Copper
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Commodities
Tertiary
Mercury, Copper
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
N
Ore control
Along A Fault Silver.
Materials
Ore minerals
Malachite
Geology
Host rock
Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Alteration
The Tuffaceous Rocks Are Bleached.
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Discovery year
1957
Identification
Deposit ID
10044390
MRDS ID
M231802
Region
NA
Data score
D
Coordinates
39.08686, -117.17732
References
KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS