Mine detail: Healy Prospect

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Location: Churchill County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.5088, -117.86762
dep_id: 10045375
mrds_id: M233086
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Cerargyrite, Gold
gangue: Clay, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
alteration: Silicification, Surface Leaching.
ore_ctrl: Shear Zone
Reporter: La Pointe, D. D.
hrock_type: Rhyodacite
arock_type: Rhyodacite
Structure: North-Trending Fault
disc_yr: 1910
References:
  • Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., AND R.C. SPEED; 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NV; N.B.M.G. BULL 83.
  • Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. OPEN-FILE REPORT.
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