Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlFractures
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Stibnite
GangueAnkerite, Calcite, Graphite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite
StructureFractures, Postminearl Faults
AlterationOxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10045247
MRDS IDM232940
Alternate namesTuolumne Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.53659, -117.04593
References
STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTRY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.ROSS, C.P., 1953, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE REESE RIVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY NEVADA: USGS BULL. 997.