Description
Strat Abound, Tabular
Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model72: Polymetallic replacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formSTRATABOUND, TABULAR
Ore controlIntersection Of Faults, Fissures & Fractures With Favorable Permeable Horizons. Hydrothermal Fluids Associated W/ Mill Canyon Stock Eminated Through The Intruded Carbonate Along Such Passageways, Precipatating The Ore Minerals In Response To Changing Pressure, Temperative, Eh, & Ph.
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Galena, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Wenban Limestone
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Mill Canyon Stock (Quartz-Monzonite)
StructureRoberts Mtn Thrust
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10044682
MRDS IDM232244
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.1963, -116.56731
References
ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 64USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO 41, REFERENCE NO 3201100074EMMONS W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA, LANDER, & ELKO GOS., USGS BULL 408GILLUBY J., & MASURSKY H. (1965) GEOLOGY OF THE CORTEZ QUADRANGLE, NEV. USGS BULL 1175EMMONS, W.H., 1918