Mine detail: Endowment Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.28743, -118.36123

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Chalcopyrite, Copper, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Orebody form: LINEAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Dunlop
Host type:Quartzite
Associated type:Granite
Structure:Ne-Trending Faults, Strong Folding With Local Overturning, Tert And Quat Faulting
Tectonic:Basin And Range
Alteration processes:Oxidation

References

MRDSM233012
DEP10045311
Reference{Deposit:: ROSS, D.C., 19618 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: RENO, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO, P137-157.}{Deposit:: COUCH, B.F., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVAD* METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE): NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V. 37, NO 4, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO. 38.}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W.O., 1937. RECONNAISSAFICE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. ARE. 6941, 79 P.}{Deposit:: HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA: USGS BULL. 594.}{Production:: ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.7.}
ReporterFlynn, Patricia Dodd