Mine detail: Plymouth Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.49409, -117.05871

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Gold
Ore:	Argentite, Cerargyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Calcite, Graphite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Quartz

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

MRDS	M232926
DEP	10045236
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: USGS BULL. 997.}
Reporter	Flynn, Patricia Dodd