Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver, Copper
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFractures; Contact Of Porphyry With Shale
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Pioche Shale ;Prospect Mountain Quartzite
Associated rockMonzonite,Rhyolite
StructureFractures
AlterationPorphyry Is Bleached, Argillically Altered
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1946
Identification
Deposit ID10046488
MRDS IDM241655
Alternate namesNBMG Sample Locations 1468 and 1469., Blue Bird Claims
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.55052, -115.77309
References
TSCHANTZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 73, P. 174., PL. I.SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, OCT. 5, 1983.TSCHANZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970, P. 174.