Nevada · Churchill County
Past Producer

Pyramid Mine

Churchill County, Nevada, United States
SilverLeadManganeseZincGold
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Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
TertiaryManganese, Zinc, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeComstock epithermal vein
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlQUARTZ VEINS
Materials
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockWelded Tuff,Rhyolite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10310502
MRDS IDM231054
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.09158, -118.71653
References
WILLDEN, RONALD, AND SPEED, RC, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 83, p. 74.NBMG MI-98Amer. Mines (1999), 1998Amer. Mines (2000), 1999BIA Walker River Inventory (MD191, I21), 1985Fallon Land Status Map, 1978Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.