Mine detail: Illinois Mine

Previously called 'Silver Prince MineOra Lovell Mine'

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Location: Lincoln County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.66802, -115.3828
dep_id: 10046114
mrds_id: M234052
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead
Minor mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Antimony, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena
gangue: Quartz
work_type: Underground
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
ore_ctrl: Intersection Of Cross-Faults With Main Lode.
Reporter: Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Overthrust
References:
  • Deposit:: TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV BUR MINES BULL 73
  • Deposit:: BROWNE, J. R. 1868, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK FOR 1867,P. 339-340.
  • Deposit:: RAYMOND, R. W., 1869, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK FOR 1868, P. 112-115.
  • Deposit:: RAYMOND, R. W., 1870, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK FOR 1869, P. 194-201.
  • Deposit:: LINCOLN, F. C. , 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY, REN-O, NEVADA.
  • Deposit:: WEED, W. H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XV, P. 1334.
  • Production:: TSCHANTZ, AND OTHERS, 1970
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