Mine detail: Silk Worm Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

41.60519, -114.65839

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc, Silver
Ore:	Cerargyrite, Galena, Zincite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1926

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1930

Geology

Host type:	Quartzite,Dolomite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Grandiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults, Fractures Replacement
Alteration processes:	Oxidation, Replacement

References

MRDS	M233417
DEP	10045633
Reference	{Deposit:: SMITH, R.M.(1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45.}{Deposit:: HOPE, R.A.: COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A. SILK WORM MINE}
Reporter	Weimer, Becky S.