Description
Amax Gold, Inc.
Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
TertiaryArsenic, Mercury, Clay, Sulfur
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model104: Hot-spring Au-Ag
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlThe Range Front Fault System At The Nw Side Of The Lake Range And Dilation Of Faults Associated With A Gradual Collapse Centered About 800 Meters West Of Wind Mountain Were Responsible For Localizing The Gold-Bearing Hydrothermal Fluids.
Materials
Ore mineralsAlunite, Calcite, Chalcedony, Cinnabar, Clay, Electrum, Goethite, Hematite, Illite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Opal, Pyrite, Sulfur, Travertine
Geology
Host rockSedimentary Breccia · Truckee Formation
Associated rockClay, Mud,Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Dacite · Pyramid Sequence
StructureSee Comments
AlterationSee Comments
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1989 - PRESENT (2/92)
First production1989
Discovery year1988
Identification
Deposit ID10047586
MRDS IDM242963
Alternate namesNBMG Sample Sites 476, 477, 2401, Sed Claims, North Wind, Breeze
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates40.4271, -119.39157
References
GARSIDE, C.J., 1983, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.AMAX GOLD, INC., 1988, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, THE WIND MOUNTAIN PROJECT.THE MINING RECORD, SEPTEMBER 7, 1988, "AMAX GOLD PROCEEDING WITH WIND MOUNTAIN PROJECT."PAY DIRT, JULY 1988, "AMAX GOLD SETS NEW NEVADA MINE."WOOD, J.D., 1991, GEOLOGY OF THE WIND MOUNTAIN GOLD DEPOSIT, WASHOE COUNTY, NEVADA, IN RAINES, G.L., ET AL, EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN: THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 1051-1061.NBMG, 1991, THE NEVADA MINERALS INDUSTRY - 1990: NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1990.MINING JOURNAL, MONTAGU MINING FINANCE, 8/10/91, MINING DATA BASE.NBMG, 1994, MI-1993AMAX GOLD INC. ANNUAL REPORT, 1989CALIFORNIA MINING JOURNAL, OCT. 1989NEVADA DEPT. OF MINERALS, 1994MINING JOURNAL/MONTAGU MINING FINANCE, 8/10/91, MINING DATA BASE. NBMG MI-1993