Mine detail: Ophir Claim

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.31407, -119.64628

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold
Tertiary: Lead, Zinc, Copper, Iron
Ore: Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1859

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1859

Geology

Host rock:Alta Andesite
Host type:Andesite
Structure:North-Trending Anticline; Regional Dip To West Or Northwest, Faults
Alteration processes:Propylitization, Oxidation,Pyritization

References

MRDSM231240
DEP10103936
Reference{Deposit:: STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 49.}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.J., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA:NBMG BULL 70}{Deposit:: BASTIN, E.S., 1922, BONANZA ORES OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, VIRGINIA CITY, NEV; USGS BULL 735-C}{Deposit:: WPA STATE WRITE* PROJECT, 1940-41, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK UNPUBLISHED OPEN-FILE REPORT, NEV.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.}
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