Nevada · Lander County
Past Producer

Whitlach Yankee Blade Mines

Lander County, Nevada, United States
SilverGold
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Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlFractures
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Stibnite
GangueAnkerite, Calcite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite
StructureFractures, Postmineral Faults
AlterationOxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10098625
MRDS IDM232947
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.53103, -117.04315
References
STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 19778 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.HUGHES, H.H., 1955, CONFIDENTIAL REPORTION AUSTIN, NEVADA PROPERTIES OF HERCULES MINES COMPANY (UNPUB.): NBMG FILES.