Mine detail: Austin Silver Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.49575, -117.0701

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead, Gold, Copper
Ore: Argentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Stephanite, Stibnite
Gangue: Ankerite, Calcite, Graphite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Fractures, Postmineral Joints
Alteration processes:Oxidation

References

MRDSM232884
DEP10045198
ReferenceSTEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88
ReporterFlynn, Patricia Dodd