Mine detail: Silverado - Kentuck

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.43659, -119.26765

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Gold, Lead
Ore:	Argentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:

Rhyolite

References

MRDS	C010362
DEP	10007173
Reference	{Deposit:: EAKLE, A. S. AND MCLAUGHLIN, R. P., 1917 , MONO COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 165 - 166 .}{Deposit:: TUCKER, W. B., 1927 , MONO COUNTY: REPORT 23 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 398 .}{Deposit:: TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1940 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 36 , NO. 2 , P. 145 , PL. 1 .}{Deposit:: GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 , P. 567 .}{Production:: GOODWIN ( 1957 )}
Reporter	Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.), Mosier, Dan