Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typereplacement, Sediment-hosted Au
Model173: Sediment-hosted Au
Deposit sizeY
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Siltstone · "Hanson Creek Formation", "Roberts Mountains Formation"
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10310320
MRDS IDM242937
Alternate namesBurns Basin Section 21, Burns Basin Section 16
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.3421, -116.001
References
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