Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typereplacement, Sediment-hosted Au
Model172: Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlTHRUST FAULTS, NORMAL FAULTS
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GanguePyrite, Realgar
Geology
Host rockChert,Carbonate
AlterationSILICIFICATION
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10310322
MRDS IDN000278
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.3428, -116.0365
References
DALY, W. E., AND OTHERS (IN PREPARATION FOR 1990 GSN GREAT BASIN SYMPOSIUM); GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN INDEPENDENCE MOUNTAINS.ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT, OCT., 1986.RENO GAZETTE JOURNAL, 6-15-86.MINING RECORD, 6/10/87FSL NORTHERN MINER, 4/7/86.SCHMAUCH, S. W., GABBY, P. N., AND LIPTON, D. A., 1992, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE INDEPENDENCE RANGE SPECIAL STUDY AREA, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL LAND ASSESSMENT 17-92.Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.http://www.x-cal.com/news_releases/pdf/nr20050228.pdf