Mine detail: Buck and Charley Mine

Previously called 'Rochester-Plymouth Mines ?NBMG Sample Site 2558'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.28351, -118.19736

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead, Zinc, Gold
Ore: Argentite, Covellite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Other material: Pyrite
Discovery year: 1912

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite
Associated type:Rhyolite
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSM060374
DEP10042550
Reference{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89}{Deposit:: KNOPF, A., 1924, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS ROCHESTER DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 762}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM 1C 6902}{Deposit:: VIKRE, P.G., 1978, GEOLOGY AND SILVER MINERALIZATION OF THE ROCHESTER DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA, PH.D. THESIS STANFORD UNIV.}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H. F., JR., 14 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.}{Deposit:: NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3}
ReporterLi, Zhiping (Peters, S.), Johnson, Maureen G., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Royse, Sue E.