Mine detail: Union Mine

Previously called 'Union Lead MineCommonwealth Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.348, -119.7891

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper
Other material: Arsenopyrite, Calamine, Cerussite, Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1860

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1906

Geology

References

MAS320310067
DEP10295837
Reference{Deposit:: GEEHAN, R.W., INVESTIGATION OF THE UNION LEAD-ZINC MINE,}{Deposit:: WASHOE CO., NEV., 1950, USBU MINES RPT. INVEST. 4623}{Deposit:: OVERTON, T.D., MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, AND}{Deposit:: WASHOE COUNTIES, 1947, NEV. BUMINES BULL. 46}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.F., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND}{Deposit:: STOREY COUNTIES, 1969, NEV. BUMINES BULL. 70, P. 61-64.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, 1973, USGS}{Deposit:: BULL. 1356, P. 91}{Deposit:: ENGEL, A.L., SIMPLE TREATMENT METHODS FOR SULFIDE GOLD AND}{Deposit:: SILVER ORES, 1951, USBUMINES RPT. INVEST. 4790 P. 16-17}{Deposit:: THOMPSON, G.A., AND WHITE, D.E., REGIONAL GEOLOGY OF THE}{Deposit:: STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AREA, WASHOE CO., NEV., USGS PROF. PAPER}{Deposit:: 458-A, P. 46-47.}
ReporterRidenour, James