Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlVeins
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Sphalerite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Dunlap
Associated rockGranite
StructureStrong Folding With Local Overturning; Tert And Quat Faulting
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationOxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1862
Identification
Deposit ID10045309
MRDS IDM233010
Alternate namesWoodchuck? Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.27715, -118.48317
References
ROSS, D.C., 19618 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58.HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA: USGS BULL. 594.ROSS, D.C., 19618 TABLE 6.7.