Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model172: Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlRoberts Mountains Thrust Plate Contact; N-Striking High Angle Structure
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Gold
GangueClay, Jarosite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale · Vinini;Wenban
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureRoberts Mountains Thrust; Cortez Window, High Angle Faulting; Fractures; Folding
AlterationSilicification, Bleaching, Clay Alteration
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1983
Identification
Deposit ID10047015
MRDS IDM242255
Alternate namesNBMG Sample Sites 1517, 1518, 1519
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.15991, -116.56342
References
BENTZ, J., BONHAM, H., TINGLEY, J.V., SMITH,P., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, 7/82.BONHAM, H.F., 1988, IN NBMG MI-1987.BONHAM, H.F., 1986, NBMG MAP 91.UNPUBLISHED REPORT BY CORTEZ GOLD MINES, 1983.NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 109, NUMEROUS CLIPPINGS.FOO, S.T., AND HEBERT, J. P., 1987, GEOLOGY OF THE HORSE CANYON DEPOSIT, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA, IN JOHNSON, J. L., ED., GUIDEBOOK FOR FIELD TRIPS, BULK MINEABLE PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA SYMPOSIUM, APRIL 6-8, 1988, RENO, NEVADA. P. 326-332MCCORMACK, JOHN K., 1991, WRITTEN COMMUNICATION.UNPUB. REPORT, 1983.BONHAM, 1988. MCCORMACK, JOHN K. 1991.