Description
James P. Nelson
Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsElectrum
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite,Trachyte
Associated rockTuff · Esmeralda
StructureN20w. Post-Mineral Faults Cut Vein
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1915
Identification
Deposit ID10109771
MRDS IDM233177
Alternate namesOmco, Royal George Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.60798, -117.89344
References
ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941KNOPF, A., 1921, ORE DEPOSITS OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USGS BULL. 725-HLINCOLN, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISH. CO.SIEBERT, FRED J., 1917, NEVADA'S LATEST GOLD DISTRICT; MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS MARCH 1917.ROSS, D. C., 1961, TABLE 6.1