Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryGold, Lead, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlFractures
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite
GangueQuartz, Rhodochrosite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite
StructureFractures, Postmineral Faults
AlterationOxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10045253
MRDS IDM232948
Alternate namesBelle Wilder Incline
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.49159, -117.07204
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, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE REESE RIVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 997.