Description
James Stratford And Joseph Arthur
Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
TertiaryZinc, Gold, Antimony, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENSES
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Bindheimite, Cerargyrite, Galena, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite
GangueChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Post-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks
Associated rockAndesite · Post-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1913
Identification
Deposit ID10072141
MRDS IDW016387
Alternate namesLerchen Property
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.04992, -118.03428
References
ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 61SCHILLING, 1962, MOLYBDENUM IN NEVADA; NBMG REPORT 2VANDERBURG, 1937, P. 23