Mine detail: Broken Hills Mine

Previously called 'Lerchen Property'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.04992, -118.03428

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Tertiary:	Zinc, Gold, Antimony, Molybdenum
Ore:	Argentite, Bindheimite, Cerargyrite, Galena, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENSES
Discovery year:	1913

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Post-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks
Host type:	Andesite
Associated rock:	Post-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks
Associated type:	Andesite

References

MRDS	W016387
DEP	10072141
Reference	{Deposit:: ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941}{Deposit:: LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 61}{Deposit:: SCHILLING, 1962, MOLYBDENUM IN NEVADA; NBMG REPORT 2}{Production:: VANDERBURG, 1937, P. 23}
Reporter	Weeks, Robert, Royse, Sue E.