Lat / long: | 38.84548, -117.57593 |
Primary: | Silver |
Secondary: | Gold |
Tertiary: | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite |
Ore: | Galena, Sphalerite, Scheelite |
Gangue: | Fluorite |
Orebody form: | irregular |
Discovery year: | 1863 |
Operation type: | Underground |
Deposit type: | replacement |
Production size: | Small |
Development status: | Past Producer |
First production started: | 1860 |
Last production ended: | 1970 |
Host rock: | Luning Formation |
Host type: | Limestone,Argillite,Conglomerate |
Associated type: | Rhyolite |
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. |