Mine detail: Anchor

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Location

Lat / long:

35.75056, -115.43917

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper
Ore:	Anglesite, Calamine, Epsomite, Galena, Hydrozincite
Orebody form:	FLATENED ELLIPTICAL PIPES
Discovery year:	1893

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1952

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Thrust Faults (Late Jurpssic, Early Tert). Fredrickson Rift Zone; (Nw Belt Of Shearing)., Shallow Synclinal Fold, Normal Faults, Anticlinal Fold.,
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization

References

MRDS	M242243
DEP	10047003
Reference	{Deposit:: ALBRITON, C.C., ETAL, 1954, GEOLOGIC CONTROLS OF LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS IN GOODSPRINGS (YELLOW PINE)}{Deposit:: HEWETT, D.F., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOODSPRINGS QUAD., NEV., USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 162, P.160.}{Deposit:: LONGWELL, C.R., ETAL, 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO., NEV., NBMG BULL 62, P186.}{Production:: HEWETT, D.F., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOODSPRINGS QUAD., NEV., USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 162, P.160. LONGWELL, ET AL., 1965.}
Reporter	Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.)