Mine detail: Onondaga

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.56713, -116.25453

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Lead, Gold, Zinc
Ore:	Argentite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1881

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1881

Geology

Host rock:	Frenchy Creek Volcanics
Host type:	Andesite
Structure:	Nw Trending Faults
Alteration processes:	Volcanics Widely Propylitized With A Pyrite Halo Around The Mineralized Area

References

MRDS	M232314
DEP	10044737
Reference	{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)}
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A.