Description
Blue Desert Mining Inc.
Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
TertiaryArsenic, Antimony, Mercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeadularia- sericite or low sulfidation epithermal gold
Model153: Epithermal vein, quartz adularia273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formtabular to irregular
Ore controlMineralization is controlled by bedding plane faults and fractures that crosscut bedding,
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Electrum, Petzite
GangueQuartz, Adularia
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
StructureMineralization is controlled by bedding plane faults and fractures that crosscut bedding,
Alterationpervasive alteration
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production yearsearly 1900s to the 1940s
First production1925
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10310413
Alternate namesMain Zone, Central Zone
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.99847, -118.11745
References
NBMG MI-97Amer. Mines (1998), 1997International Mining News, 12 Mar 1997Blue Desert Mining Inc. press release, 5/14/97Denver Mining Record, 3/12/97D.A. Davis and J. V. Tingley, 1999, Gold and silver resources in Nevada, NBMG Map 120Bowell, R.J., Hunerlach, M.P., Parshley, J., and Sears, S., 2000, The Ten Mile mining district, Winnemucca, Nevada: Geology, mineralogy and supergene gold enrichment, 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, Reno/Sparks, May 2000, p. 349-363.Willden, R., 1964, Geology and mineral deposits of Humboldt County,Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 59, 154 p.