Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryTungsten, Copper, Lead, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formVUGS, VEINLETS
Ore controlIgneous Contact; Brecciated Zone At Faulted Se End Of Jasperoid Belt; Fractures In Jasperized Material.
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Limestone,Granite · Joana Limestone;Chainman Shale
Associated rockDacite,Granite · Silverspring Stock
StructureThrust Faults, Currant Summit Fault
AlterationSilicification, Jasperoidization
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1914
Identification
Deposit ID10045697
MRDS IDM233490
Alternate namesGold-Bearing Ledge Group Nos.1-15, Gold-Bearing Fraction No. 1, Gold-Bearing Fraction-Gold Coin No 1,, Gold Coin No.2.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.81355, -115.36531
References
"HAZARDOUS SURFACE OPENINGS TO ABANDONED UNDERGROUND MINES-NEVADA" USDI-BM, PREPARED BY INTERNATIONAL MINING CONSULTANTS, INC. CONTRACT #J0295039.LUMSDEN, W.W., JR., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN WHITE PINE RANGE AND NORTHERN HORSE RANGE, NEV:, UCLA PH. D. THESIS, 249 P.WIRE, J.C., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE CURRANT CREEK DISTRICT, NYE AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES, NEVADA: UCLA M.A., THESIS, 154 P.KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEV: NBMG BULL (IN PRESS)JONES, R.B., AND BENTZ, J., FIELD EXAMINATION, 10 JULY 1981KLEINHAMPL & ZIONY (IN PRESS)