Falconer

Eureka County, Nevada, United States

SilverLeadGoldZincCopper

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Commodities

PrimarySilver, Lead

TertiaryGold, Zinc, Copper

Commodity typeM

Deposit

Deposit sizeS

Orebody formIRREGULAR TO TABULAR

Ore controlFavorable Permeable Horizons At Intersects With Channelways Through Which The Hydrothermal Fluids Passed.

Materials

Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite

Geology

Host rockLimestone · Wen Band Limestone

Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Mill Canyon Stock (Quartz Monzonite)

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

First production1925

Discovery year1910

Identification

Deposit ID10044683

MRDS IDM232245

Alternate namesRoberts Mining Co.

RegionNA

Data scoreC

Coordinates40.19102, -116.57231

References

ROBERTS R.J. ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 64VANDERBURG W.O. (1938) RECONNASSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EURKA CO. NEV., USBM 1-6 7022EMMONS W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA, LANDER & ELKO COS USGS BULL 408ROBERTS, R.J. ETAL., 1967.