Nevada · Nye County
Past Producer

White Caps Mine

Nye County, Nevada, United States
GoldSilverArsenicAntimonyMercuryFluorine-FluoriteCopper
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Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver, Arsenic, Antimony
SecondaryMercury
TertiaryFluorine-Fluorite, Copper
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typelode; replacement
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formOre occurs as pipelike shoots, narrow stringers, radiating clusters, pods, blebs\n
Ore controlOre formation is controlled primarily by favorable host rock lithology, and to a lesser extent by structures.
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Stibnite, Cinnabar, Realgar, Orpiment, Arsenopyrite, Fluorite, Azurite, Calcite, Pyrite, Dolomite, Sericite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · White Caps Limestone Member of the Gold Hill Formation
StructureThe veins are strongly faulted across their strike. Four major faults cut the limestone: the East, White Caps, West, and Morning Glory faults.
AlterationLimestone is strongly silicified and completely replaced by quartz in places.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1911
Last production1963
Discovery year1867
Identification
Deposit ID10310353
MRDS IDM055301
Alternate namesWhite Caps Gold Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates38.53143, -117.04974
References
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