Mine detail: Silver Conner Shaft

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Location: Eureka County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.47882, -115.99507
dep_id: 10044758
mrds_id: M232341
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Minor mineral: Lead
Trace mineral: Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR REPLACEMENTS
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Replacement And Open-Space Fillings. Oxidation Of Sulfides Above The Water Table.
ore_ctrl: Fractured Permeable Zones, Faults, Fissures
Reporter: Kirkham, Richard A.
hrock_unit: Eldorado Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Silver Conner Transverse Fault.
Year first produced: 1877
disc_yr: 1877
References:
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
  • Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO 112, REFERENCE NO 3201100120
  • Deposit:: NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV. USGS PP. 406
  • Deposit:: VANDERBURG W.O. (1938) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO., USBM I.C. 7022
  • Production:: NOLAN, T.B. (1962)
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