Description
H.C. Brougher (1917), Runge And Rochelle (1901)
Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formSHORT IRREGULAR SHOOTS
Materials
Ore mineralsCerargyrite, Gold, Molybdite, Powellite
GangueQuartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1901
Discovery year1917
Identification
Deposit ID10044552
MRDS IDM232040
Alternate namesFalcon Exploration Mine and Mill
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.99605, -117.24008
References
KNOPF, A., 1921, THE DIVIDE SILVER DISTRICT, NEVADA, IN RANSOME, F.L., GALE, H.S., AND BURCHARD, E.F., EDS., CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY: USGS BULL. 715, P. 165-167.SCHILLING, J.H., 1962, AN INVENTORY OF MOLYBDENUM OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. 2.CARPENTER, J.A., 1919, THE DIVIDE DISTRICT: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURN., VOL. 107, NO. 20, P. 859-861.YOUNG, G.J., 1920, DIVIDE SILVER-GOLD DISTRICT OF NEVADA: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 109, NO. 2, P. 62-66.DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1983.KNOPF, 1921, P. 165; LINCOLN, 1923, P. 64