Mine detail: Drysdale Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.26907, -119.65128

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Ore: Argentite, Pyrite, Silver
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1936

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1936

Geology

Host rock:Alta Andesite
Host type:Andesite
Structure:Silver City Fault

References

MRDSM231219
DEP10043915
Reference{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.}
ReporterFlynn, Patricia Dodd