Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENSES
Ore controlShear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite
GangueCalcite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite
Associated rockRhyolite,Granite
StructureNw-Trending Fault
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1870
Discovery year1866
Identification
Deposit ID10044907
MRDS IDM232539
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.67963, -119.11987
References
MOORE, 1969, GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, & ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 75HILL, 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIVORNIA & NORTHWESTERN NEVADA; USGS BULL. 594STODDARD & CARPENTER, 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY & LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 49KOSCHMANN & BERGENDAHL, 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES; USGS PP 610HILL, 1912, MINING DISTRICTS OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES; USGS BULL. 507