Mine detail: Buckeye and Ohio

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Location

Lat / long: 41.4474, -116.4865

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic
Ore: Freibergite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Stibnite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1882

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1882

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite
Structure:Fault Striking N73w
Alteration processes:Silification Along Vein, Argillation Of Rhyolite

References

MRDSM233254
DEP10045495
Reference{Deposit:: SMITH, R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT}{Deposit:: EMMONS, W. H., (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF ELKO, LANDER & EUREKA C* NEV., USGS BULL. 408}{Production:: SMITH, R. M., (1976)}
ReporterKirkham, Richard A.