Mine detail: Driscol Property

Previously called 'Galena High-Line Mine.DriscollDenver-NevadaHarriet Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.57268, -117.12623

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Gold, Copper
Tertiary:	Zinc, Iron
Ore:	Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1875

Geology

Host rock:	Harmony Formation
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone
Associated type:	Monzonite
Structure:	Thrust Faults, Major Ne-Trending Fault Set; Minor Nw Faults
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Pyritization

References

MRDS	M231328
DEP	10044013
Reference	{Deposit:: HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN N.E. CALIFORNIA AND N.W. NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL 594}{Deposit:: STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977; GEOLOGY AND MINER DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO., NEVADA: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88}{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF PAPER 459-B}{Production:: ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D.