Description
Hamblin (Panaca)
Commodities
PrimarySilver, Zinc, Lead
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeFISSURE VEINS, LIMESTONE REPLACEMENT
Deposit sizeL
Ore controlAU IN TABULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES, AT INTERSECTION OF STEEP FISSURES AND LS BED IN PIOCHE SHALE: SULFIDES
Geology
StructureSTEEPLY DIPPING FISSURES: N 50-70 E MINERALIZED, EW, NS NORMAL FAULTING BEFORE THRUSTING; N 60 DEG E FAULTS MINERALIZED; N-S, NW POST MINERAL
AlterationOXIDATION, HYDROTHERMAL
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
First production1869
Discovery year1863
Identification
Deposit ID60001661
MRDS IDW002906
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates37.93526, -114.45194
References
WESTGATE, L G AND KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS PROF. PAPER 171 79 PKOSCHMANN, A H AND BERGENDAHL, M H, 1968: PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES: USGS PROF. PAPER 610PACK, F. J., 1906, GEOL. OF PIOCHE, NEV., AND VICIN: NEV. SCHOOL OF MINES QUART. VOL 27 NOS 3 AND 4, PP 281-333ANDERSON, J. C., 1922, ORE DEPOSITS OF PIOCHE DIST: ENG AND MIN JOUR, VOL 113, 279-85.HILL, J M, 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN E. NEV.: USGS BULL. 648, P. 124-137.TSCHANZ, C M AND PAMPEYAN, E E, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV,: NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 73 P. 125-9.LINCOLN, F. C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: RENO, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUB. CO., P. 125-129