Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typecarbonate-hosted Au-Ag
Model173: Sediment-hosted Au
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlfissures and fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Orpiment, Realgar, Calcite
GangueStibnite
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Siltstone · Hanson Creek Formation
Structurefracture zone
Alterationsilicification, also oxidation of antimony sulfides.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10310341
Alternate namesSaval Canyon, Steer Canyon, Lost & Found Prospect, Josie Saval, WilliamsLost
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.36379, -116.00091
References
Smith, R.M., Mineral Resources of Elko County, Nevada, USGS Open-File Report 1976-56.Lawrence E. F., 1963, Antimony Deposits of Nevada, NBMG Bull. 61.LaPointe and others, 1991, Mineral Resources of Elko County, Nevada, NBMG Bulletin 106.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.LONG AND OTHERS, 1998Dewitt, Alexander, 1999, Alteration, geochemical dispersion, and ore controls at the SSX Mine, Jerritt Canyon District, NV; GSN Newsletter, May, 1999.