Nevada · Lander County
Past Producer
Fortuna Mine
Lander County, Nevada, United States
Silver
Gold
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Commodities
Primary
Silver
Secondary
Gold
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Model
85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit size
S
Ore control
Fault And Joint Fractures
Materials
Ore minerals
Argentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Stibnite
Gangue
Ankerite, Calcite, Graphite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Geology
Host rock
Quartz Monzonite
Structure
Fractures, Postmineral Faults
Alteration
Oxidation
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Identification
Deposit ID
10045209
MRDS ID
M232897
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
39.53131, -117.06732
References
STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 19778 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSIT OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 8