Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryGold
TertiaryAntimony, Copper, Zinc, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model75: Distal disseminated Ag-Au
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formBLANKET (DUE TO SUPERGENE REDISTRIBUTION)
Ore controlFractures And Crackle Breccia At Axis Of Nnw-Trending Anticline; Contact Of Limestone And Shale. Also, Shear Zones Localize E And Acted As Conduits For Mineralizing Solutions.
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
GangueCalcite, Clay, Fluorite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale,Limestone · Guilmette Limestone;Pilot Shale
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureReg.Struct: Nnw Trending Assymetrical Anticline With A Vertical W Limb And Gently Dipping E Limb, 2 Prominent Fracture Systems Associated With The Anticline One Nnw, One Ne. Some Of The Nnw Fractures Have Fault Offset, Down On West. Original Movement Was Pre-Ore, But Reactivation Occurred During Basin And Range Tectonics.
AlterationJasperization Of Limestone; Silicification; Kaolinization And Sericitization Of Dike Rock
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1868
Identification
Deposit ID10047166
MRDS IDM242419
Alternate namesBishop Pit, Reynolds Tunnel, Monitor Group, Argus Group, Argus Pit
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates39.08355, -114.68392
References
NBMG MAP 84, 1983, ACTIVE MINES AND OIL FIELDSDIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1983.PAY DIRT, SEPT., 1982.UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TAYLOR SILVER DISTRICT, NBMGFILESBENTZ, J., SMITH, P., JONES, R., AND TINGLEY, J., 1981, FIELD EXAMINATIONREPORT - MINE TOUR.HAVENSTRITE, S.R., 1984, SEG FIELD TRIP GUIDE, G.S.A ANN. MTG., RENO, NV.DREWES, H.; 1967, USGS P.P. 557LOVERING, T., 1974, JASPEROID AS A GUIDE TO MINERALIZATION IN THE TAYLOR MINING DISTRICT...," CON GEOL VOL 69.NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 340, PRESS CLIPPINGS THROUGH 1987.BONHAM, 1989COUCH AND CARPENTER, 1943. PRESS IPPINGS, MINING DISTRICT FILE 340. BONHAM, 1989PRESS CLIPPINGS, MINING DISTRICT FILE 340 BONHAM, 1989