Mine detail: Vanderbilt Mine

Previously called 'Hillside Mining Claim'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.75772, -117.66509

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Gangue: Biotite, Microcline, Muscovite, Quartz
Orebody form: LENSES
Discovery year: 1864

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1865

Geology

Host rock:Wyman Formation
Host type:Limestone
Structure:Faults Cut Ore

References

MRDSM242343
DEP10104123
Reference{Deposit:: SPURR, J.E., 1906, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER NO. 55.}{Deposit:: SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1976, SILVER PEAK: HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA SERIES, NO. 8: NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA.}{Production:: SPURR, (1906) P. 35; SHAMBERGER (1976) P. 15}
ReporterLa Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)