Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
TertiaryUranium, Mercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeHot Spring
Model104: Hot-spring Au-Ag
Deposit sizeM
Ore controlFractures
Materials
GangueAlunite, Chalcedony, Clay, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockClastic Sedimentary Rock,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite
Associated rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
StructureBasin/Range Structural Province; Possible Collapse Caldera Or Failed Caldera System, Possible Major Ring-Fracture System - Cottonwood Creek Volcanic Center.
AlterationHydrothermal: Silicification, Opalization, Kaolinization (All Pervasive)
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1986
Identification
Deposit ID10047581
MRDS IDM242957
Alternate namesHog Ranch Mine, Hog Ranch Gold Mine, Hog Ranch Occurrence, Krista Pit, East Deposit, Geib Pit, Bell Springs Deposit, NBMG Sample Site 2410, Locality No.6.
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates41.15793, -119.4513
References
HARVEY, D.S., NOBLE, D.C., MCKEE, E.H., 1986, HOG RANCH PROPERTY: IN ISOCHRON WEST, NO 47.DROSSULIS, KIM, 1988, GEOLOGY OF THE HOG RANCH MINE, WASHOE CO., NV: IN GSN 1988 SPRING FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK.NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 314: NUMEROUS PRESS CLIPPINGSNBMG MI-1987, 1988BONHAM, H.F., 1986, NBMG MAP 91JONES, R.B., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATIONGARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL 81.STAFF, 1988, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1987: NEVADA DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 84P.STAFF, 1991, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY: NBMG SPEC. PUB. MI-1990, P. 25 AND 44.WESTERN MINING CORP, 1990, NUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1989-1990.WESTERN MINING CORP, 1991, ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1990-1991.NBMG, 1994, MI-1993NEVADA DIVISION OF MINERALS, 1994NBMG MI-1987 NBMG MI-1990 P. 25. LINES 6-7: WESTERN MINING CORP, 1990, ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1989-1990. LINES 10-13: WESTERN MINING CORP, 1991, ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1990-1991. NBMG MI-1993