Mine detail: Onondaga

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Location: Eureka County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.56713, -116.25453
dep_id: 10044737
mrds_id: M232314
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Minor mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Lead, Gold, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Barite, Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Volcanics Widely Propylitized With A Pyrite Halo Around The Mineralized Area
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Fluids In Open Space Fillings.
ore_ctrl: Nw Trending Fault Set In Volcanics
Reporter: Kirkham, Richard A.
hrock_unit: Frenchy Creek Volcanics
hrock_type: Andesite
Structure: Nw Trending Faults
Year first produced: 1881
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1881
References:
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J. ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., N.B.M. BULL 64
  • Deposit:: USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 169, REFERENCE NO. 3201100013
  • Deposit:: EMMONS, W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA, LANDER, & ELKO COS., USGS BULL 408
  • Deposit:: VANDERBUR W.O. (1938) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO., USBM 1C. 7022
  • Production:: ROBERTS, R.J. ET AL., (1967)
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