Nevada · Nye County
Past Producer

Downeyville Mine

Nye County, Nevada, United States
LeadGoldSilverMolybdenum
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Commodities
PrimaryLead
SecondaryGold, Silver, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formPIPES, CHIMNEYS
Ore controlAreas Of Cross Fracturing In Limestone.
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Marmatite, Pyrrhotite, Wulfenite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Luning Formation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10103952
MRDS IDM231594
Alternate namesDiscovery Claim, Great Western Claim, Cave Claim, Horn Silver Claim, Town Claim., 1878: Lookout Claim, Alexander Claim, Lizzie Downey Claim, Domingo Claim. 1904: Renamed Respectively To Index Claim
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.91242, -117.9015
References
KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 108-109.KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.KRAL, 1951, P. 109