Lat / long: | 39.50353, -115.99812 |
Primary: | Silver, Lead |
Secondary: | Gold, Zinc |
Tertiary: | Molybdenum |
Ore: | Anglesite, Galena, Molybdenite, Smithsonite |
Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
Discovery year: | 1871 |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Large |
Development status: | Past Producer |
First production started: | 1871 |
Host rock: | Eldorado Dolomite |
Host type: | Dolomite |
Structure: | Ruby Hill Thrust, Nw-Trending Normal Faults Served As Channelways |
MRDS | M232408 |
DEP | 10044810 |
Reference | {Deposit:: ROBERTS ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA, CO NEV, N. B OF M. BULL 64}{Deposit:: NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA, USGS PP. 406}{Production:: NOLAN, T.B. (1962)} |
Reporter | Kirkham, Richard A., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) |