Mine detail: Kentuck Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.29157, -119.65906

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold
Secondary: Copper, Lead
Tertiary: Zinc, Iron
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form: V-SHAPED TO TABULAR
Discovery year: 1859

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1865

Geology

Host rock:Alta Andesite
Host type:Andesite
Structure:Regional Dip To Northwest And West
Alteration processes:Propylitization, Oxidation, Pyritization

References

MRDSM231227
DEP10103935
Reference{Deposit:: STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 49}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 70}{Deposit:: W.P.A. STATE WRITE* PROJECT, 1940-41, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK; UNPUBLISHED OPEN-FILE REPORT, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL.}{Production:: STODDARD, C. AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950.}
ReporterFlynn, Patricia Dodd