Mine detail: Falconer

Previously called 'Roberts Mining Co.'

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Location: Eureka County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.19102, -116.57231
dep_id: 10044683
mrds_id: M232245
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead
Trace mineral: Gold, Zinc, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR TO TABULAR
ore_ctrl: Favorable Permeable Horizons At Intersects With Channelways Through Which The Hydrothermal Fluids Passed.
Reporter: Kirkham, Richard A.
hrock_unit: Wen Band Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Mill Canyon Stock (Quartz Monzonite)
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Year first produced: 1925
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1910
References:
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS R.J. ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 64
  • Deposit:: VANDERBURG W.O. (1938) RECONNASSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EURKA CO. NEV., USBM 1-6 7022
  • Deposit:: EMMONS W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA, LANDER & ELKO COS USGS BULL 408
  • Production:: ROBERTS, R.J. ETAL., 1967.
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