Rawhide Deposit

Mineral County, Nevada, United States

GoldSilverLeadCopperArsenicBarium-BariteAntimonyMolybdenumZincChlorineBromineAluminumTungstenSeleniumMercury

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Commodities

PrimaryGold, Silver

SecondaryLead, Copper

TertiaryArsenic, Barium-Barite, Antimony, Molybdenum, Zinc, Chlorine, Bromine, Aluminum, Tungsten, Selenium, Mercury

Commodity typeB

Deposit

Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Deposit sizeM

WorkingsSurface/Underground

Orebody formIRREGULAR LENSES, VEINS, POD-TYPE ORE ZONES

Ore controlFissures. Caldera Along Intersection Between Walker Lane Structural Zone And Ne-Trending Basin And Range Faults

Materials

Ore mineralsAcanthite, Argentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Electrum, Embolite, Galena, Gold, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Silver, Tetrahedrite

GangueCalcite, Chalcedony, Chert, Goethite, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolin, Pyrrhotite, Quartz

Other materialsAlunite

Geology

Host rockRhyolite · Pre-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks

StructureWalker Lane And Basin And Range. Large Caldera System Along The Ne Marn Of The Nw Trending Walker Lane Structural Zone. The Miocene Rawhide Volcanic Center Is 6.5 By 12km (4 X 7.5 Mi.) In Area., See Comments

Tectonic settingContinental Magmatic Arc

AlterationSee Comments

Economic & production

Development statusProducer

Production years1907-1920; 1990 - PRESENT (4/92)

First production1907

Discovery year1906

Identification

Deposit ID10072140

MRDS IDW016386

Alternate namesRawhide Gold Mine, Nevada New Mines, Balloon Hill, Murray Hill, Crazy Hill, Grutt Hill, NBMG Sample Sites 3311 and 3312. This Record Has Been Merged With, Records #D0040 and #M242956 and Includes Information From Them., Denton-Rawhide, Rawhide Group

RegionNA

Data scoreA

Coordinates39.01408, -118.38624

References

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