Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model72: Polymetallic replacement
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR TO IRREGULAR STRATABOUND REPLACEMENT OREBODIES
Ore controlPermeability Of The Dolomite Due To Fracturing & Faulting
Materials
Ore mineralsBindheimite, Cerargyrite, Gold, Hemimorphite, Mimetite, Plumbojarosite, Smithsonite, Wulfenite
GangueCalcite, Goethite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Hamburg Dolomite
Associated rockShale · Dunderberg Shale
StructureRuby Hill Thrust, Bowman Normal Fault, North-South Zone Of Faulting & Warping
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1956
Discovery year1954
Identification
Deposit ID10111444
MRDS IDM232336
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.51853, -115.99673
References
ROBERTS, MONTGOMERY, & LEHNER (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA COUNTY NEV.,NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64U.S.B.M. (ELY) MILS NO 123, REF. NO 3201100087NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV., USGS PP. 406EUREKA CORPORATION LTD. ANNUAL RPT. 1954. N.B.M. DISTRICT FILE III ITEM 29NOLAN, T.B., (1962)