Mine detail: Cortez Silver Mine

Previously called 'GarrisonArcticSt. LowsFitzgeraldCortez Metals MineMt. Tenabo'

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Location: Eureka County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.14158, -116.58898
dep_id: 10044681
mrds_id: M232243
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Minor mineral: Lead, Copper, Zinc
Trace mineral: Antimony
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Stromeyerite, Tetrahedrite
orebody_fm: BLANKET, TABULAR, IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
model: 72: Polymetallic replacement
alteration: Dikes Highly Altered To Kaolin, Calcite, Sericite, Quartz.
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Fluids In Open Space Fillings And Replacement Of Host Rocks.
ore_ctrl: Fissures In Dikes; Carbonates And Quartzite Next To Dikes.
Reporter: Kirkham, Richard A., Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.)
hrock_unit: Hamburg Dolomite;Eureka Quartzite;Hansen Creek Limestone
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Deposit In Window Of Roberts Mtn Thrust
disc_yr: 1863
discr: Prospectors From Austin
References:
  • Deposit:: GILLULY, J. AND MASURSKY, H. (1965): USGS BULL 1175
  • Production:: GILLULY, J. AND MASURSKY, H, (1965)
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