Mine detail: Drysdale Mine

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Location: Storey County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.26907, -119.65128
dep_id: 10043915
mrds_id: M231219
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Pyrite, Silver
orebody_fm: TABULAR
model: 150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
ore_ctrl: Faults, Fractures
Reporter: Flynn, Patricia Dodd
hrock_unit: Alta Andesite
hrock_type: Andesite
Structure: Silver City Fault
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1936
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1936
References:
  • Deposit:: USGS TOPOGRAPHIC SHEET, VIRGINIA CITY, NEVADA, 1;24,000
  • Deposit:: GIANELLA, V.P., 1936, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER CITY DISTRICT AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, NEVADA, UNIV. OF NEVADA BULL, VOL. 30, NO. 9
  • Production:: GIANELLA, V.P., 1936.
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