Mine detail: Amador Mine

Previously called 'Bronco Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.58048, -117.07371

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Gold, Copper, Lead
Ore:	Argentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Proustite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Calcite, Graphite, Molybdenite, Psilomelane, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR VEIN

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Monzonite
Structure:	Fractures

References

MRDS	M232842
DEP	10045160
Reference	{Deposit:: STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITSOF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88}{Deposit:: ROSS, C.P., 1953, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE REESE RIVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 997.}
Reporter	Flynn, Patricia Dodd