Mine detail: Silver Lick

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Location: Eureka County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.51714, -116.00284
dep_id: 10044756
mrds_id: M232339
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Minor mineral: Gold, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Limonite
orebody_fm: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR STRATABOUND
alteration: Silicification Of Carbonate About Faults
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Replacement
ore_ctrl: Steep Mineralized Fractures In Intersecting Favorable Horizons, Beneath The Capping Dunderberg Shale.
Reporter: Kirkham, Richard A.
hrock_unit: Hamburg Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
arock_unit: Dunderberg Shale
arock_type: Shale
Structure: Steep Fractures
Year first produced: 1871
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1871
References:
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J. ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., N.B. OF M. BULL 64.
  • Deposit:: USBM (MILLETT) MILS NO. 92, REFERENCE NO 3201100211
  • Deposit:: NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER 406
  • Production:: NOLAN, T.B., (1962)
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