Mine detail: Imperial Mine

Previously called 'Little Gold Hill Mines'

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Location: Storey County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.29379, -119.64628
dep_id: 10043921
mrds_id: M231225
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR, V-SHAPED
model: 150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
alteration: Propylitization, Oxidation, Pyritization
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Fluids In Open Space Fillings.
ore_ctrl: Faults
Reporter: Flynn, Patricia Dodd
hrock_unit: Alta Andesite
hrock_type: Andesite
Structure: Regional Dips To West And Northwest, Faults
Year first produced: 1864
disc_yr: 1859
References:
  • Deposit:: STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 70.
  • Deposit:: W.P.A. STATE WRITE* PROJECT, 1940-41, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK; UNPUBLISHED OPEN FILE REPORT - NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL.
  • Production:: STODDARD, C.A., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950.
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