Commodities
PrimaryLead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc
TertiaryPlatinum, Palladium, Iridium, Osmium, Rhodium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeU
Orebody formVEINS
Ore controlFracturing Of Host Rocks
Materials
Ore mineralsAcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Gold, Iridosmine, Sphalerite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGranite
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationSupergene Enrichment To At Least 25 M
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10048519
MRDS IDMP00109
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.48112, -115.12972
References
LECHLER, P.J., AND HSU, L.C., 1988, REVIEW OF HYDROTHERMAL PLATINUM-GROUP METAL DEPOSITS WITH NEW DATA FROM NEVADA: PREPRINT FOR AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS MEETING, 7 P.LECHLER, P.J., 1988, A NEW PLATINUM-GROUP-ELEMENT DISCOVERY AT CRESCENT PEAK, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-1, 4 P.