Nevada · White Pine County
Producer

Winrock Mine

White Pine County, Nevada, United States
Gold
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Description

Lyle Campbell

Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typesediment-hosted gold
Model173: Sediment-hosted Au
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlAt Winrock, the dominant structure controls are N25W and N2040E
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockSedimentary Rock,Limestone,Shale · "Pilot Shale", "Joana Limestone", "Chainman Shale"
StructureThe Maverick Springs Range is an east-tilted fault block, At Winrock, the dominant structure controls are N25W and N20- 40E.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1991-1992
First production1991
Last production1992
Identification
Deposit ID10310389
MRDS IDRE00278
Alternate namesBlowout Pit, Deer Camp pit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.9458, -115.4493
References
Cox, John, and Lamborn, John, 1991, Geology and mineralization of the Winrock Project, White Pine County Nevada; in Geology and ore deposits of the Great Basin; field trip guidebook compendium, eds. Buffa, Ruth H; Coyner, Alan R.USMX, 1990, Annual report for 1989.USMX, 1992, Annual report for 1991NBMG MI-88 through MI-02NBMG Map 91, 2nd, 3rdDEIS, 1995FEIS, 1995Amer. Mines (1991-92), 1991 thru Amer. Mines (2000), 2001Nevada Land Status, 1990Long, 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.Nutt, C.J., Hofstra, A.H., Hart, K.S., and Mortensen, J.K., 2000, Structural setting and genesis of gold deposits in the Bald Mountain-Alligator Ridge area, east-central Nevada, in Cluer, J.K., Price, J.G., Struhsacker, E.M., Hardyman, R.F., and Morris, C.L., eds., Geology and Ore Deposits 2000: The Great Basin and Beyond: Geological Society of Nevada Symposium Proceedings, May 15-18, 2000, p. 513-537.Hitchborn and others, 1996, Geology and Gold Deposits of the Bald Mountain Mining District, White Pine County, Nevada, in Geology and Ore Deposits of the American Cordillera Symposium Proceedings, eds. A. Coyner and P. Fahey.The Geological Society of Nevada 1996 Spring Field trip, Geology and Gold Deposits of Eastern Nevada, GSN Special Publication No. 23.