Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryManganese, Gold, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model72: Polymetallic replacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formBLANKET
Ore controlFavorable Lithologies, Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsBraunite, Calamine, Galena, Plumbojarosite
GangueGoethite, Hematite, Limonite
Other materialsPyrolusite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Limestone · Highland Peak Limestone;Chisholm Shale And Pioche Shale Are Nearby
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureFaults
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1978
Discovery year1865
Identification
Deposit ID10046533
MRDS IDM241710
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.89996, -114.47278
References
LINDSEY, J., 1912, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 175, ITEM 5.ABBOTT, J.W., 1914, MIN. & SCI. PRESS, P. 486.TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.M., 1970, NBMG BULL 73, P. 128-129USGS PP 171 P. 60-67.WEED, W.H., 1918, MINES HANDBOOK VOL. XIII, P. 1128; 1922, VOL. XV, P. 1368-1369.USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.ENG. & MIN. JOUR., CLIPPINGS, 1912, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 175; 1920ANDERSON, J.C., 1922, ENG. & MIN. JOUR, VOL. 113.TSCHANZ, & PAMPEYAN, 1970, P. 130; COUCH & CARPENTER, 1943, P. 88.