Location: | Lander County, Nevada, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 40.4399, -116.86955 |
dep_id: | 10044095 |
mrds_id: | M231422 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Silver |
Minor mineral: | Gold, Copper, Lead |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Vein |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
gangue: | Quartz |
orebody_fm: | VEIN |
alteration: | Somesilicic, Sericitic, Pyritic |
ore_ctrl: | Shear Zones, Faults |
Reporter: | La Pointe, D.D. |
hrock_type: | Shale,Limestone |
arock_type: | Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Plutonic Rock |
Structure: | Roberts Mtns. Thrust; Lewis (Whiskey Canyon) Thrust, Laramide Faults, Oneset Nw, One Nne. |
disc_yr: | 1867 |
discr: | J. Green And E J George |
References: |
- Deposit:: STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO., NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL, BULL 88 PT II
- 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 NEVADA; UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NEV.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 AND GEOL
- Deposit:: GILLULY, J. AND GATES, O, 1965, TECRONICAND IGNEOUS GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN SHOSHONE RANGE, NEVADA; SECTION ON ECON. GEOL. BY K.B. KETNER; USGS PROF. PAPER 465.
- Deposit:: EMMONS, W. 4., 1910, A RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING CAMPS IN ELKO, LANDER, AND EUREKA COUNTIES, NEVADA; USGS BULL 408.
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