Mine detail: Commodore Mine

Previously called 'LaniBadger'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.1896, -115.5123

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Zinc
Gangue: Calcite
Orebody form: roughly tabular replacement in fault zone

Production

Operation type: Surface
Deposit type: Sediment-hosted Au;Alligator-type?
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1979
Last production ended: 1980

Geology

Host rock:Pilot Shale
Host type:Shale,Limestone
Structure:fault zone
Alteration processes:Ore is silicified and oxidized.

References

MRDSM233762
DEP10310553
Reference{Deposit:: Nevada Division of Minerals, 1980: Directory of Nevada Mine Operations Active during calendar year 1980.}{Deposit:: Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.}{Deposit:: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING 1979, NEVADA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION, APRIL 1980, P. 62}
ReporterLaPointe, D.D., Schruben, Paul G., Martin, Paul (Tingley, J.V.), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)