Mine detail: Betty
*eal Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.45518, -116.88955

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Gold, Lead
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Cerargyrite, Galena, Malachite, Polybasite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stephanite
Gangue:	Barite
Discovery year:	1880

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Valmy Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Granodiorite, Quarte Monconite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Roberts Mtn Thrust At Great Depth; Lewis Thrust, Nw And Nin-Trending Faults, Yankey Dip-Slip Fault
Alteration processes:	Bleaching, Silicification

References

MRDS	M231420
DEP	10044093
Reference	{Deposit:: PAYNE, A.L., 1967, GEOL. REPORT ON THE BETTY *EAL SILVER MINE, LEWIS MINING DISTRICT, LANDER CO, NEVADA; UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL.}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W.O, 1939, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO., NEV., USBM. INFO. CIRCULAR 7043}{Deposit:: STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO.; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL, BULL. 88, PART II}{Deposit:: EMMONS, W.H., 1910, A RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING CAMPS IN ELKO, LANDER, AND EUREKA COUNTIES, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 408}
Reporter	La Pointe, D. D.