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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