Description
MAPCO Minerals Corporation
Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiaryArsenic, Mercury, Antimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typesediment-hosted gold
Model173: Sediment-hosted Au
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formirregular
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Roberts Mountains Formation
StructureRoberts Mountains thrust fault
Alterationhydrothermal alteration, silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1989-1990
First production1989
Last production1990
Discovery year1983
Identification
Deposit ID10310325
MRDS IDRE00281
Alternate namesShoshone
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.30269, -116.85037
References
Alta Gold Company, 1989, Environmental Assessment for the Alta Gold Company Elder Creek.NBMG, 1992, The Nevada Mineral Industry - 1991, NBMG Special Publication MI-1991.NBMG, 1994, MI-1993Long, 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.BLM, 2006, Elder Creek Mine Closure Project Environmental Assessment.http://www.millcityinternational.com/