Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryCopper, Lead, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlFault And Joint Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
GangueCalcite, Graphite, Psilomelane, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite
StructureFractures, Postmineral Faults
AlterationOxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1869
Identification
Deposit ID10045203
MRDS IDM232889
Alternate namesWatt Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.54436, -117.04982
References
STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.ROSS, C.P., 1953, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE REESE RIVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 997.