Nevada · Nye County
Past Producer

Paradise Peak Mine

Nye County, Nevada, United States
GoldSilverMercuryBarium-BariteLeadAntimonyTitaniumMetalTinMolybdenumIronThalliumBismuth
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Description

Mr. And Mrs. William Arnell

Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryMercury
TertiaryBarium-Barite, Lead, Antimony, Titanium, Metal, Tin, Molybdenum, Iron, Thallium, Bismuth
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formDISSEMINATED
Ore controlAlunitic And Silicic Alteration And Precious Metal Mineralization Appear To Be Controlled By Throughgoing Nw-Trending High-Angle Fractures And Faults, Which Are Perhaps Related To Pre-Basin And Range Extension. Hydrothermal Breccia Zones, Possibly Forming Rings, Are A Major Control Of Au-Ag Deposition.
Materials
Ore mineralsAcanthite, Cerargyrite, Cinnabar, Embolite, Iodyrite, Silver
GangueAlunite, Barite, Calomel, Chalcedony, Galena, Illite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Marcasite, Metacinnabar, Plumbojarosite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Realgar, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Sulfur, Tetrahedrite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Composite Tuff;;
Associated rockRhyolite,Dacite,Andesite
StructureWalker Lane, Nw-Striking., See Comments
AlterationPropylitization, Alunite-Jarosite Alteration, Argillization, Dense Silicification, Powdery Silicification (Acid Leaching?). See Geology Comments.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsAU: 1986 - 1994
First production1986
Last production1994
Discovery year1934
Identification
Deposit ID10037787
MRDS IDM042771
Alternate namesGranny Goose, Paradise, Fmc Deposit, NBMG Sample Sites 1472, 1473, Goose Claims, Gabbs Mine, Nody Prospect, Finger Rock Prospect, County Line, Ketchup Flat
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates38.74936, -117.97066
References
BONHAM, H.F., JR., 11 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSISTHOMASON, ROBERT, E., F.M.C., 1986, G.S.N. LECTURE ON PARADISE PEAK GOLD DEPOSIT.RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL, OCT 1985, "BIG GOLD, SILVER DEPOSIT DISCOVERED NEAR GABBS.NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 227, MANY PRESS CLIPPINGS, 1984-1986, ITEMS 19, 20NBMG REPT 41, 1986, PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION IN HOT SPRINGS SYSTEMSNBMG MI-1985, 1986, P. 6, 8.ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT, APRIL 1988, P. 124THOMASON, R. E., 1986, GEOLOGY OF THE PARADISE PEAK GOLD/SILVER DEPOSIT IN TINGLEY , J.V. AND BONHAM, H. F., PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION IN HOT-SPRINGS SYSTEMS, NEVADA-CALIFORNIA, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT 41, P. 90-92THOMASON, R.E., 1987, GEOLOGY OF THE PARADISE PEAK GOLD/SILVER DEPOSIT IN JOHNSON, J.L. ED, GUIDEBOOK FOR FIELD TRIPS: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA SYMPOSIUM, BULK MINEABLE PRECIOUS DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN U.S., RENO, P. 250-253JOHN, D. A., NASH, J.T., CLARK, C.W.,WULFTANGE,W.H., 1990, GEOLOGY OF THE PARADISE PEAK DEPOSIT, IN BUFFA, R. ED, GUIDEBOOK FOR FIELD TRIPS: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA SYMPOSIUM, BULK MINEABLE PRECIOUS DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN U.S., FIELDTRIP 11, RENOBONHAM, H.F. AND HESS, R.H., 1990, BULK-MINEABLE PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS IN NEVADA MINING INDUSTRY , NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MI-89FMC GOLD, ANNUAL REPORTS, 1987,88,89NEVADA MINERAL RESERVES AND RESOURCES DATA BASE, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY DB7JOHN, D., THOMASON, R., AND MCKEE, E., 1989, GEOLOGY AND K-AR GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE PARADISE PEAK MINE AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF PRE-BASIN AND RANGE EXTENSION TO EARLY MIOCENE PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION IN WEST-CENTRAL NEVADA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 84, P. 631-649.JOHN, D., NASH, J., CLARK, C., AND WULFTANGE, W., 1991, GEOLOGY, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION, AND MINERALIZATION AT THE PARADISE PEAK GOLD-SILVER-MERCURY DEPOSIT, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA, IN RAINES, G.L., ET AL, EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 1020-1050.DOBAK, P., 1988, ALTERATION AND PARAGENESIS OF THE PARADISE PEAK GOLD/SILVER DEPOSIT, UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS, COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, 141 P.SKILLINGS, D., 1986, FMC'S PARADISE PEAK GOLD/SILVER MINE OFFICIALLY DEDICATED JUNE 28, SKILLINGS' MINING EVIEW, AUGUST 9, P. 4-7.NBMG, 1991, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1990, NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1990.READ, MIKE, 1993, ORAL COMMUNICATION ON STATUS OF PARADISE PEAK OPERATIONS FROM FMC GOLD'S PARADISE PEAK MINE, 4 AUGUST, 1993MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P44NBMG, 1994, MI-1993NEVADA DIVISION OF MINERALS, 1994(2) FMC, 1989, ANNUAL REPORT (4)FMC, 1988, ANNUAL REPT (5)FMC ANNUAL REPT, 1987 (6) DB7, (7) NBMG, 1991, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1990, NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1990 NBMG MI-1993THOMASON, R. (1986), ORAL COMMUNICATION (2) FMC, 1989, ANNUAL REPT (3) JOHN, 1990 (4)FMC, 1988, ANNUAL REPT (5)FMC, 1987, ANNUAL REPT (4)FMC, 1988 ANNUAL REPT NBMG MI-1993