Location: | Eureka County, Nevada, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 39.46576, -115.98812 |
dep_id: | 10044777 |
mrds_id: | M232364 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Silver |
Minor mineral: | Lead, Zinc, Gold |
Trace mineral: | Bismuth, Arsenic |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Large ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Anglesite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Plumbojarosite, Sphalerite |
gangue: | Pyrite, Quartz, Tetrahedrite |
orebody_fm: | TABULAR, PODS, IRREGULAR |
model: | 72: Polymetallic replacement |
alteration: | Silicification Along Faults & Fissures |
conc_proc: | Hydrothermal Replacement. Oxidation Of Sulfides Above The Water Table. |
ore_ctrl: | Intersections Of Faults & Fissures |
Reporter: | Kirkham, Richard A. |
hrock_unit: | Hamburg Dolomite |
hrock_type: | Dolomite |
Structure: | Jackson-Lawton Normal Fault, Diamond Tunnel Thrust Zone, North-South Series Of Interconnected Caves |
Year first produced: | 1874 |
dy_ba: | < |
disc_yr: | 1874 |
References: |
- Deposit:: ROBERTS R.J., ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
- Deposit:: U.S.B. OF M. (ELY) MILS NO 112, REF. NO 3201100029, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 37.008
- Deposit:: NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV.,USGS PP. 406
- Deposit:: VANDERBERG W.D.(1938) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO., USBM 1C 7022
- Production:: NOLAN,T.B., 1962
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