Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryCopper, Zinc, Gold
TertiaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model72: Polymetallic replacement
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlOre In Bedded Deposits In 3 Thin Limestone Beds. Best Ore In Area 250 Feet Long Between Groom Fault & No. 3 Thrust Fault, And Along Ns Fissures; Good Ore Found In Small Ew Fractures.
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Barite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Pioche Shale;Lyndon Limestone
Associated rockPlutonic Rock
StructureHomocline, Striking N, Dipping Steeply E, Complexly Faulted Graben, Main Fault, Striking N, Dipping W
Tectonic settingBack-Arc Extensional Cratonic Basin
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1865
Last production1956
Discovery year1864
Identification
Deposit ID10072154
MRDS IDW016454
Alternate namesWhite Lake No. 2, Conception No. 1, No. 2 Patented Claims, June, July, East Side No. 1 and No. 2, Senior, Panorama, Maria,, And Willow Claims.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.34579, -115.76865
References
TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPAYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV BUR MINES BULL 73BAKER, ART III, 1964, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 170, ITEM 1DENNIS, C.J., 1924, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 170, ITEM 2.USBM REPORT, POST-1944, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 170, ITEM 3.LINCOLN, F.C, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., RENO, NEVADA.WEED, W. H., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XV, P. 1219.HUMPHREY, F. L., 1945, NBMG BULL NO. 42.TSCHANTZ & PAMPEYAN, 1970