Mine detail: Silver Hill Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.27296, -119.64739

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold
Tertiary: Iron, Manganese
Ore: Argentite, Electrum, Pyrite
Gangue: Ankerite, Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1859

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Large
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1873

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:Silver City Fault

References

MRDSM231249
DEP10043941
Reference{Deposit:: GIANELLA, V.P., 1936, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER CITY DISTRICT AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, NEVADA; UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL. 30, NO. 9}{Deposit:: WPA STATE WRITE* PROJECT, 1940-41, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK; UNPUBLISHED OPEN-FILE REPORT, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL.}{Production:: GIANELLA, V.P., 1936.}
ReporterLa Pointe, D.D.