Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Lead
SecondarySilver, Gold, Zinc
TertiaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model59: Skarn Cu
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Ore controlFault Intersection With Porphyry Dikes
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Cerargyrite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Galena, Halloysite, Malachite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueCalcite, Fluorite, Garnet, Quartz, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Mafic Intrusive Rock
StructureFaults
AlterationSericitization, Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10045607
MRDS IDM233382
Alternate namesHomestalse, Snowbird, Owl, Larls, Standing Elk, Nevada Bunker Hill Hoffman Claim Patented, Tripoli, Tripoli East, Slsy Blue, Mounted Ledge, Bullion and Webfoot, Cleveland, Portal, Portal Fraction, Spring, Hold-Up, EagleNevada, Mendota, Hoffman Fraction, Key, Storm King, Burlse Fraction, Mahogany;
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.51658, -116.01063
References
SMITH, R.M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELLSO COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT, 1976-56GRANGER, A.E., ET-AL, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELLSO COUNTY, NEVADA, NBM BULLETIN 54EMMONS, W.H., 1910, A RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING CAMPS OF ELLSO, LAUNDER, AND EURELSA COUNTIES, NEVADA. USGS BULLETIN 408.MINES REGISTER, 1937SMITH, R.M. (1976)