Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Lead, Silver, Gold
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlShear Zone, Fracturing Along Well-Defined Joint Set
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Galena, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite
AlterationWallrocks Bleached White
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10046500
MRDS IDM241669
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.51719, -114.79251
References
BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT OF SEPT. 22, 1983.TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 73.