Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlHydrothermal Channelways: Faults, Fractures, Breccias, Contacts
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Valmy Formation;Valmy Formation;Valmy Formation
Associated rockDiorite,Rhyolite · Tenabo Stock
StructureDeposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust Adjacent To The Tenabo Stock., High Angle Basin & Range Faults, Numerous Dikes & Sills
AlterationConsiderable Silicification Of Host Rocks
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1910
Discovery year1910
Identification
Deposit ID10044888
MRDS IDM232512
Alternate namesAjax
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.31102, -116.70315
References
STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO., N.B.M. BULL 88VANDERBURG, W.O. (1939) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO., NEV., USBM I.C. 7043USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 67, REFERENCE NO. 3201500125EMMONS, W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN ELKO, LANDER, & EUREKA COS. USGS BULL 408HUMPHREY, F.L. (1945) REPORT ON THE GOLD QUARTZ MINE, N.B.M. DISTRICT FILE 151, ITEM 3WRUCKE, C.T. (1974) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TENABO AREA, LANDER CO NEV, USGS MAP MF-647