Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead, Gold
TertiaryArsenic, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model72: Polymetallic replacement
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR, TABULAR
Ore controlFavorable Horizons Where Cut By Ore-Controlling Fissures
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Hemimorphite, Limonite, Plumbojarosite
GangueBeudantite, Hydrozincite
Geology
Associated rockMafic Intrusive Rock
StructureSeries Of Small Vertical Faults Cut The Tilted & Domed Beds
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1876
Discovery year1876
Identification
Deposit ID10044780
MRDS IDM232368
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.5227, -115.99701
References
ROBERTS ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64U.S.B OF M. (ELY) MILS NO 123, REF NO9 3201100085NOLAN T.B. (1962) EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV., USGS P.P. 406MIESCH A.T. & NOLAN T.B.(1958) GOECHEM PROSPECTING STUDIES AT THE BULLWHACKER MINE, USGS BULL 1000-HNOLAN, T.B., (1962)