Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold, Silver, Lead, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlHydrothermal Channelways, Faults, Fissures, Breccias
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite
GangueCalcite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGreenstone · Valmy Formation;Valmy Formation
Associated rockDiorite
StructureDeposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust, High Angle Basin & Range Period Faults, Normal Faults
AlterationCountry Rock Argillized Outwards From Stock
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1907
Discovery year1907
Identification
Deposit ID10044891
MRDS IDM232516
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.31685, -116.69982
References
STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO NEV, N.B.M. BULL 88USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 87, REFERENCE NO. 3201500121EMMONS, W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN ELKO, LANDER, & EUREKA COS., USGS BULL 408WRUCKE, C.T. (1974) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TENABO AREA, LANDER CO NEV, USGS MAP MF-647