Mine detail: Hand-Me-Down Creek

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Location: Eureka County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.30824, -116.43148
dep_id: 10044721
mrds_id: M232296
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sulfur
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Sulfur
gangue: Gypsum
orebody_fm: TABULAR
ore_ctrl: Fault Zone Provides Channelway For Hot Springs
Reporter: Kirkham, Richard A.
hrock_unit: Duff Creek Chonolith
hrock_type: Diorite
arock_unit: Duff Creek Chonolith
arock_type: Plutonic Rock
References:
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS R.J. ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV. BUR OF MINES BULL 64
  • Deposit:: USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 68, REFERENCE NO 3201100055
  • Deposit:: MUFFLER L.J. (1964) GEOLOGY OF THE FRENCHIE CREEK QUADRANGLE, NEV. USGS BULL 1179
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