Mine detail: Columbia

Previously called 'Columbia Queen-Bonanza'

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Location: Elko County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.67851, -116.10732
dep_id: 10045128
mrds_id: M232795
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold, Lead
Minor mineral: Zinc
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Gold, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Fluids
ore_ctrl: Fissures And Shears
Reporter: Kirkham, Richard A.
hrock_unit: Porter Peak Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: N-S Faults (Three), Displace Lode To The North
Year first produced: 1875
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1875
References:
  • Deposit:: SMITH, R.M., (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO NEV., USGS. OPEN-FILE REPORT
  • Deposit:: GRANGER, A.E., ETAL (1957) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 54
  • Deposit:: EMMONS, W.H., (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF ELKO, LANDER & EUREKA CO. NEV, USGS BULL 408
  • Production:: GRANGER, A.E., ET AL., (1957).
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