Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver, Lead
SecondaryGold, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metamorphic
Model59: Skarn Cu
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Ore controlIntrusive Contact, Favorable Rocks
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
GangueDiopside, Garnet, Pyroxene, Quartz, Tremolite, Zoisite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockQuartz Diorite
AlterationSilificion
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1906
Discovery year1906
Identification
Deposit ID10045587
MRDS IDM233358
Alternate namesSweepstakes, Como
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.51463, -116.01869
References
EMMONS, W. H., 1910, A RECONNASSANCE OF SOME MINING CAMPS IN ELKO, LANDER AND EURELSA COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS BULLETIN 408SMITH, R. M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 1976-56SMITH, R. M., (1976)