Mine detail: Gelder Mine

Previously called 'NBMG Sample Site 1431'

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Location: Lincoln County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.94163, -114.47862
dep_id: 10046409
mrds_id: M241563
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver, Lead
Minor mineral: Copper, Zinc
Trace mineral: Manganese, Arsenic, Antimony
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Psilomelane, Pyrite, Quartz
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
alteration: Argillic, Bleaching, Silicification
conc_proc: Oxidation
ore_ctrl: Intersection Of S-Dipping Low Angle Fault And N60e,75se Shear Zone
Reporter: La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)
hrock_unit: Pioche Shale, Prospect Mountain Quartzite;Lyndon Limestone
hrock_type: Quartzite,Shale,Limestone
Structure: Bedding Plane Shear Zone, Slickensides
Year first produced: 1925
References:
  • Deposit:: SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT ON AUG. 24, 1983.
  • Deposit:: USGS PP 171
  • Deposit:: USGS PP 469
  • Deposit:: USGS MAP MF-136.
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