Morgan and Munsey Mine

The Morgan and Munsey Mine is a silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Morgan and Munsey Mine

State: Nevada

County: Lander

Elevation:

Primary Mineral: Silver

Lat, Long: 39.49111, -117.07917

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Morgan and Munsey Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Morgan and Munsey Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Reese River District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private

Holdings

Workings

Ownership

Production

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Orebody

Structure

Type: L
Description: Fractures, Postmineral Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite

Ore: Stephanite

Ore: Proustite

Ore: Chalcopyrite

Ore: Polybasite

Ore: Argentite

Ore: Silver

Ore: Stibnite

Ore: Pyrargyrite

Ore: Cerargyrite

Gangue: Quartz

Gangue: Calcite

Gangue: Graphite

Gangue: Pyrolusite

Gangue: Ankerite

Gangue: Pyrite

Gangue: Rhodochrosite

Comments

Comment Type: Deposit	Comment: RETICULATE VEIN PATTERN WITH IRREGULAR ORE SHOOTS THAT ARE GENERALLY LESS THAN 100 FT LONG
Comment Type: Location	Comment: CHOSE A POINT IN SW CORNER
Comment Type: Production	Comment: BETWEEN $5,000 TO $100,000 WAS PRODUCED.
Comment Type: Deposit	Comment: THIS MINE PRODUCED THE FIRST ORE TREATED IN THE DISTRICT. TEN TONS OF OXIDIZED MATERIAL YIELDED $3,360.

References

Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: ROSS, C.P., 1953, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE REESE RIVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 997.