Location: | Eureka County, Nevada, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 39.50742, -115.9959 |
dep_id: | 10044784 |
mrds_id: | M232373 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Lead, Silver, Gold |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Anglesite, Mimetite, Plumbojarosite, Smithsonite, Wulfenite |
gangue: | Calcite, Galena, Goethite, Quartz, Tetrahedrite |
orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
model: | 72: Polymetallic replacement |
conc_proc: | Oxidation Of Sulfides Above The Water Table |
ore_ctrl: | Fractured, Brecciated, Permeable Zones |
Reporter: | Kirkham, Richard A. |
hrock_unit: | Eldorado Dolomite |
hrock_type: | Dolomite |
Structure: | Ruby Hill Thrust Zone |
Year first produced: | 1881 |
dy_ba: | < |
disc_yr: | 1881 |
References: |
- Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J. ETAL, (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO, N.B. OF M. BULL 64.
- Deposit:: NOLAN, T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF. PAPER 406
- Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO. 119, REFERENCE NO 3201100094.
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