Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver, Copper
TertiaryTin, Antimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Ore controlCaldera Ring Fracture Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsEnargite, Famatinite
GangueAlunite, Kaolinite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDacite,Latite,Andesite
Associated rockDacite,Latite,Andesite · Milltown Andesite
AlterationSilicification Along Nw-Dipping Fissures; Kaolinization; Pyritization; Alunitization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1925
Identification
Deposit ID10046709
MRDS IDM241909
Alternate namesC.O.D., And Goldfield Merger Properties, Consolidation of Former Commonwealth, Blue Bull, Atlanta
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.71439, -117.21035
References
LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, NEVADA MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES: NEVADA NEWSLETTERS, RENO, NV.SEARLS, F., 1948, NBMG BULL. 48.WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1210-1211, 1213NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS P.P. 66, P 243-244TURNER, 1911, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE GOLDFIELD COMMONWEALTH MINING CO. PROPERTY: NBMG FILE 91, ITEM 11.