Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFault Zone; Paralleling Diorite Dikes
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Gold
GangueLimonite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Wyman Formation
Associated rockDiorite
StructurePost-Ore Fault Movement Crushed Ore
AlterationOxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1905
Identification
Deposit ID10046717
MRDS IDM241918
Alternate namesSouthwestern Mines Co. Property, Silvermines Property
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.34856, -117.36758
References
USGS BULL 380, P. 41-43.WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV., P. 1333, 1342.RANSOME, F.L., SEPT., 1909, MIN. & SCI PRESS, P 433; NBMG FILE 92, ITEMUSBM, 1978, MILS DATATURNER, J. K., 1922, THE HORNSILVER MINING DISTRICT: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, VOL. 124, NO. 3, P. 93-94.NBMG BULL 78, P. 69.LINCOLN, F. C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: RENO, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., P. 73-75.USGS BULL 380, P. 41-42. LINCOLN, P 74.