Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlNormal Faults, Strike N-Nw
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Gold
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Jarbidge Rhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite · Jarbidge Rhyolite
StructureCrater Range-Volcanic, Normal Faults Strike N-Nw
AlterationDevitrification & Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10045258
MRDS IDM232954
Alternate namesHoward Mc-Coy Mine and Van Alder Mine 1912 Publication.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.84351, -115.38508
References
SCHRADER, F.C., (1923) THE JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA, USGS BULL. 741.GRANGER, M.B., (1957) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., NBM BULL. 54.SCHRADER, F.C., (1912) A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULLETIN 497.FAIRBANK AND O'BYRNE, J.F. (1911) JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT MAP.GRANGER, M.B., 1957.