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

MRDSM231843
DEP10310479
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.}
ReporterLaPointe, D.D., Schruben, Paul G.