Mine detail: Sierra Nevada Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.32018, -119.64044

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold
Secondary: Copper, Lead
Tertiary: Zinc, Iron
Ore: Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1868

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Large
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1868

Geology

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

References

MRDSM231248
DEP10043940
Reference{Deposit:: STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STORCY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA NBMG BULL 49}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA NBMG BULL 70}{Deposit:: WPA STATE WRITE* PROJECT, 1940-41, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK; UNPUBLISHED OPEN-FILE REPORT, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.}{Production:: STODDARD, C. AND CARPENTER, J.A. 1950}
ReporterFlynn, Patricia Dodd