Mine detail: Mineral Ridge District

Previously called 'Silver Peak District'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.79414, -117.70512

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Discovery year:	1864

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	LENSES (QUARTZ IN LIMESTONE)
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1867

Geology

Structure:	NW, EW, NS FAULTS; ORE BODIES IN N-NW STRUCT., NW-SE BELT OF FOLDED, FAULTED TERTIARY SEDS E OF SIERRAS, S TO MOJAVE, N TO N. NEVADA
Alteration processes:	SULFIDE (SECONDARY); DECOMP. OF DIORITE

References

MRDS	W002901
DEP	60001657
Reference	{Deposit:: SPURR, J E, 1906, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: USGS PROF. PAPER 55, 174 P.}{Deposit:: NOLAN, T. B., 1936, NONFERROUS-METAL DEPOSITS; USGS BULL. 871, P. 60}{Deposit:: KOSCHMANN, A H, AND BERGENDAHL, M H, 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES; USGS PROF. PAPER 610}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F C, 1923, MIN DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: RENO P. 80-81}