Nevada · Eureka County
Plant

Windfall Mine

Eureka County, Nevada, United States
GoldSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsArsenic, Arsenopyrite, Calcite, Gold, Iron Oxides-Hydrated, Jasper, Kaolinite, Mercury, Quartz, Silver
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1975
Discovery year1902
Identification
Deposit ID10222389
MRDS IDM232576
Alternate namesNorse Windfall, Eureka Windfall Mine, Western-Windfall Project, Ore Body Names:, Rustler, Paroni, LookoutWindfall
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates39.45413, -115.9792
References
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