Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryGold, Zinc, Copper
TertiaryTungsten, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlContact Of Shale And Limestone; Yuba Dike; Bedding Plane Shear ?
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Malachite, Sphalerite
GangueHematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone
StructureHighland Thrust Plate, Major Nw Normal Faults, Normal Fault Trending N30w, Dipping 65e Cuts Off Vein On The East; Also A Ne-Striking Fault.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10109510
MRDS IDM032010
Alternate namesNBMG Sample Site 1433.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.93107, -114.47723
References
TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEVADA. NEVADA BUR OF MINES, BULL 73 P.WESTGATE, L.G. AND KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. USGS PROF. PAPER 171 P.HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA USGS BULL 648 P.COUCH, B.F., CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE) UNIV. OF NEVADA BULL 38, P. 85-89SHAW, S. F., 1909, ENG. AND MIN JOUR, P. 545-548.ANDERSON, J. C., 1922, ENG AND MIN JOUR, VOL 113.ABBOTT, J. W., 1914, MIN AND SCI PRESS, P. 485.SMITH, P. AND BENTZ,JJ., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, AUG 25, 1983.USGS PP 496.WEED, W. H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XIII, P. 1122-1123, AND VOL XV, P. 1174.TSCHANTZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970