Mine detail: Silver Park Mine

Previously called 'Jesse Knight Property Property'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.46023, -114.35751

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold
Tertiary: Copper, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Uranium
Ore: Cerargyrite, Copper, Galena, Lead, Pyrargyrite
Gangue: Calcite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1869

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1871

Geology

Host rock:Ely Springs Dolomite
Host type:Limestone,Dolomite
Associated type:Rhyolite
Structure:Faults
Alteration processes:Oxidation, Silicification

References

MRDSM032071
DEP10037372
Reference{Deposit:: TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV BUR MINES BULL 73}{Deposit:: COUCH, B. F. AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NBMG BULL 3-}{Deposit:: HILL, J. M., 1916, USGS BULL 648}{Deposit:: NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 164.}{Deposit:: GARSIDE, L. J., 1973, NBMG BULL 81, P. 70.}{Deposit:: SHARP AND MYERSON, 1956, US AEC REPORT 3564.}{Deposit:: COX, JOHN W., 1981, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE ATLANTA DISTRICT, LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA: UNIV. OF NEVADA,RENO M. S. THESIS.}{Production:: TSCHANTZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970}
ReporterHarner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)