Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead, Copper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite · Mill Canyon Stock
Associated rockMonzonite · Mill Canyon Stock
StructureRoberts Mtn Thrust
AlterationFormation Of Pyrite, Sericite, Quartz, & Calcite In Wallrock
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1910
Discovery year1910
Identification
Deposit ID10044689
MRDS IDM232252
Alternate namesAurora & Rhoda Veins, Roberts Mining Co.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.18074, -116.56814
References
ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV. BUR OF MINES BULL 64USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 35, REFERENCE NO. 3201100067VANDERBURG W.O (1938) RECORRNASSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO. NEV., USBM I.C. 2022EMONS, W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN ELKO, LANDER, & EUREKA COS., USGS BULL 408GILLULY J. & MASURSKY H. (1965) GEOLOGY OF THE CORTEZ QUADRANGLE, USGS BULL 1175ROBERTS, R.J., ETAL. (1967)