Description
Mccrea & Lefler Made Highgrade Au-Ag Strike In 1928.
Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryGold
TertiaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlShear Zone, Brecciation Along E Side Of A Horst
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Cinnabar, Hessite
GangueAlunite, Gypsum, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDacite
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) · Wahmonie;Salyer
StructureIntense Fracturing, Late Quartz Veining, Cross-Cutting Brecciation, Wahmonie Flat And Wahmonie-Salyer Volcanic Center
AlterationAlteration Of Volcanics, Iron Staining; Argillic & Silicic Alteration
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1854
Identification
Deposit ID10046608
MRDS IDM241795
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.82636, -116.16948
References
KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50 P. 206BALL, S.H., 1907, GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF SW NEVADA, AND E CALIF.: USGS BULL. 308, P. 147TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION OF 7 APRIL 1982.USGS MAP GQ-387USGS OFR 81-522JOHNSON, M.S. AND D.E. HIBBARD, 1957, USGS BULL 1021-K, P. 381NORBERG, J.R., 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES IN THE VICINITY OF NELLIS A.F.B. TC.; USBM REPORT.BELL, E.J. AND LARSON, L.T., 1981, DRAFT FINAL REPORT: CHARACTERIZATION OF ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURES OF SW NTS AND VICINITY: PREPARED FOR D.O.E., P. 63.CORNWALL, H., 1972, NBMG BULL 77.HEIKES, V.C., 1931, USBM, MINERAL RESOURECES OF THE U.S., 1928., PT. 1, P. 471-472 11.) HEWETT, ETAL., 1936 USGS BULL 871. 12.) JOHNSON, M.S. AND HIBBARD, D.E., 7957, USGS BULL. 1021-K. 13.) QUADE, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATIONS, 1982-83BELL, E.J. & LARSON, L.T., 1981, P.20