Mine detail: Savage Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.3049, -119.65017

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold
Tertiary: Copper, Lead, Zinc, Manganese, Iron
Ore: Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Sphalerite, Stephanite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Other material: Pyrite
Discovery year: 1859

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Large
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1863

Geology

Host rock:Alta Andesite
Host type:Andesite
Structure:North Trending Anticline; Regional Dips To W Or Nw, Faults
Alteration processes:Propylitization, Oxidation, Pyritization

References

MRDSM231246
DEP10043938
Reference{Deposit:: STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA NBMG BULL 49}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.F., 1959, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 70}{Deposit:: BASTIN, E.S., 1922, BONANZA ORES OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, VIRGINIA CITY, NEVADA; USGS. BULL 735-C}{Deposit:: W.P.A. STATE WRITE* PROJECT, 1940-41, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK UNPUBLISHED OPEN FILE REPORT; NEV.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. AND CARPENTER. J.A., 1950}
ReporterFlynn, Patricia Dodd