Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formKIDNEY SHAPE
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Malachite
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
StructureMinor Faults
AlterationIntense Limonite Stained
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10044551
MRDS IDM232038
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.50801, -117.22897
References
BALL, S.H., 1906, NOTES ON THE ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA, IN EMMONS, S.F. AND ECKEL, E.C., ED., CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1905: USGS BULL. 285, P. 60.BALL, S.H., 1907, A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE IN SOUTHWESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA: USGS BULL. 308, P. 70.