Mine detail: Grantsville Mine

Previously called 'Alexander and BrooklynSilver PalaceGreat Eastern'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.84548, -117.57593

Resource(B)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Lead, Zinc, Copper, Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite, Scheelite
Gangue:	Fluorite
Orebody form:	irregular
Discovery year:	1863

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1860
Last production ended:	1970

Geology

Host rock:	Luning Formation
Host type:	Limestone,Argillite,Conglomerate
Associated type:	Rhyolite

References

MRDS	M231843
DEP	10310479
Reference	{Deposit:: Kral, V.E., 1951, Mineral Resources of Nye County: NBMG Bull. 50, p. 201-203.}{Deposit:: NBMG MI-84, MI-85, MI-87.}{Deposit:: NBMG Map 91, 2nd, 3rd.}{Deposit:: Amer. Mines, 1989.}
Reporter	LaPointe, D.D., Schruben, Paul G.