Nevada · Nye County
Past Producer
Northumberland Mine
Nye County, Nevada, United States
Silver
Gold
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Commodities
Primary
Silver, Gold
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Deposit size
M
Ore control
Calcareous Argillite Bed Intruded By Felsitic Porphyry Dikes.
Materials
Ore minerals
Cerargyrite, Gold
Geology
Host rock
Argillite · Pogonip Group;Pogonip Group
Associated rock
Mafic Intrusive Rock,Diorite · Northumberland Intrusion
Structure
Thrust Faults, Intrusions
Tectonic setting
Back-Arc Thrust Belt
Alteration
Silicification
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Discovery year
1866
Identification
Deposit ID
10072159
MRDS ID
W016473
Alternate names
Blue Bell Mine, Monitor Mine
Region
NA
Data score
C
Coordinates
38.99994, -116.78424
References
KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSIT OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESSKLEINHAMPL, 1980