Description
Judge Hughes, Of Jarbidge
Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
Materials
Ore mineralsCerargyrite, Electrum, Gold, Naumannite, Pyrargyrite, Silver
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Jarbidge Rhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite · Jarbidge Rhyolite
StructureCrater Range
AlterationDevitrification & Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1910
Identification
Deposit ID10045257
MRDS IDM232953
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.8624, -115.41341
References
SCHRADER, F.C. (1923) JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT, NV., USGS BULL. 741.GRANGER, M.B. (1957) GEOL. & MINL. RES. OF ELKO CO., NV, NBM BULL. 54.SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A REOCNNAISSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NV. USGS BULL. 497.SMITH, R.M. (1969) MINERAL RES. OF ELKS CO, NEV., USGS OFR 1976-56.