Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Lead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFaults
Materials
Ore mineralsCerargyrite, Galena, Proustite, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Tetrahedrite
GanguePyrite, Pyromorphite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite · Mountain City Quartz Monzonite
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Mountain City Quartz Monzonite
StructureFaults
AlterationLeaching Of Ferromags And Sericitization Of Feldspars
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1872
Discovery year1872
Identification
Deposit ID10045557
MRDS IDM233324
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.84518, -115.97065
References
EMMONS, W.H., 1910, A RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING CAMPS IN ELKO, LANDER, AND EUREKA COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL 408GRANGER, A. E. ETAL, 1957, GEOLOHY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. NBM3 BULL 54.ROBERTS, R. T., RADTKE, A. S., AND R. R. CONTS, 1971, GOLD-BEARING DEPOSITS IN NORTH-CENTRAL NEVADA AND SOUTH WESTERN IDAHO; ECON. GEOL. VOL. 66 NO 1. P. 14-33.SMITH, R. M., 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA USGS OPEN FILE REPT. 1976-56NOLAN, T.B. 1932B, THE MOUNTAIN CITY DISTRICT. NBMG OPEN FILE REPT.GRANGER, A. E. ETAL., 1957, P. 118