Mine detail: Leadville Mine

Previously called 'Tohoqua Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.09876, -119.4038

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Zinc, Copper, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR, LENSES, STRINGERS, DISSEMINATIONS
Discovery year:	1909

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	South Willow Formation
Host type:	Andesite
Associated rock:	South Willow Formation
Associated type:	Dacite
Structure:	Ne And Wnw-Trending Faults
Alteration processes:	Bleaching Over At Least 2 Sq. Miles

References

MRDS	M232556
DEP	10044921
Reference	{Deposit:: BONHAM, H., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 70}{Deposit:: BURGESS, J. A., 1926, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT THE NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES.}{Deposit:: STOTESBURY, H. W., 1917, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT THE NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D. D.