Nevada · Nye County
Prospect

Secret Pass Zone

Nye County, Nevada, United States
GoldSilverAntimonyArsenicThalliumMolybdenum
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Description

U. S. Borax

Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
TertiaryAntimony, Arsenic, Thallium, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlCoalescence Of South-Dipping, Upper Plate Listric Normal Faults With The Fluorspar Canyon Detachment Fault May Be Important For The Ground Preparation At The Secret Pass Gold Deposit.
Materials
GangueCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAsh-Flow Tuff · Crater Flat Tuff
StructureFluorspar Canyon Detachment Fault
AlterationSilcification
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10055102
MRDS IDRE00048
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.88803, -116.682
References
GREYBECK, J. D., AND WALLACE, A. B., 1991, GOLD MINERALIZATION AT FLUORSPAR CANYON NEAR BEATTY, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA, IN RAINES, G. L. , ET AL, EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 935-946.AHERN, R. AND CORN, R. M., 1981, MINERALIZATION RELATED TO THE VOLCANIC CENTER AT BEATTY, NEVADA: ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DIGEST XIV, P. 283-286.