Description
Shorty Harris And Ed Cross
Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryGold
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlAlong The North Contact Of The Central Domal Uplift Of Basement Rocks Into The Tertiary Pyroclastics.
Materials
Ore mineralsCerargyrite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Gold, Malachite, Silver
GangueCalcite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockShale,Limestone
StructureOriginal Bullfrog Fault.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1904
Identification
Deposit ID10044477
MRDS IDM231920
Alternate namesBurm Ball Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.90052, -116.88395
References
RANSOME, F.L., ET AL, 1910, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BULLFROG DISTRICT: USGS BULL. 407, P. 122.KRAL, VE, 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 35-36KRAL, 1951, P. 35