Mine detail: Distinction Tunnel

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Location: Eureka County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.47243, -115.97507
dep_id: 10044776
mrds_id: M232363
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold, Copper
Minor mineral: Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Malachite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
model: 72: Polymetallic replacement
alteration: Local Intense Silicification
conc_proc: Oxidation Of Sulfides
ore_ctrl: Fractured Permeable Zones
Reporter: Kirkham, Richard A.
hrock_unit: Hamburg Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Downdropped Ruby Hill Thrust Bounds The Mineralized Area To The East
Year first produced: 1913
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1913
References:
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS R.J., ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
  • Deposit:: USB OF M (ELY) MILS NO 112, REF. NO 3201100132
  • Deposit:: NOLAN T.B.(1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER 406
  • Production:: NOLAN, T.B., 1962
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