Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model59: Skarn Cu
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR, LENS
Ore controlN-S Shear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper
GangueDiopside, Garnet
Geology
Host rockQuartzite
Associated rockGranite
AlterationSome Silication
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1916
Identification
Deposit ID10046047
MRDS IDM233957
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.57436, -114.81977
References
HILL, JAMES M., NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULLETIN 648, 1916SMITH, ROSCOE M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 1976-56SCHRADER, F.M., (1931), SPRUCE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, ELKO COUNTY, V. OF N. BULL. VOL XXV, NO. 7