Mine detail: Dunderberg

Previously called 'Ruby Dunderberg'

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Location: Eureka County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.47715, -115.98062
dep_id: 10044775
mrds_id: M232361
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Plumbojarosite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
model: 72: Polymetallic replacement
alteration: Dolomite Jasperized Beneath Dunderberg Shale
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Replacement. Oxidation Of Sulfides Above The Water Table.
ore_ctrl: Intersections Of Faults W/Hamburg Dolomite And Proximity To The Overlying, Capping Dunderberg Shale.
Reporter: Kirkham, Richard A.
hrock_unit: Hamburg Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
arock_unit: Dunderberg Shale
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Abundant Ne Striking Faults
Year first produced: 1873
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1873
References:
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS,R.S. ET AL, (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., N.B OF M. BULL 64.
  • Deposit:: USB OF M.(ELY) MILS NO. 112, REF. NO. 3201100123
  • Deposit:: NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER
  • Production:: NOLAN, T.B.(1962)
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