Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryLead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePluton-related
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formveinlets
Ore controlFormational contact, proximity to plution, and north- striking fractures that dip steeply east or west.
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Galena
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockCarbonate · "Eldorado Dolomite", "Secret Canyon Formation"
Associated rockGranite · Bald Mountain Stock and associated intrusive rocks
StructureNorth- striking fractures dip steeply east or west, Gold mineralization occurs near an anticlinal axis.
AlterationHost rocks have been altered to jasperoid.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1950s (lead-silver)
Discovery year1988
Identification
Deposit ID10310445
MRDS IDM031227
Alternate names7-11 Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.08659, -115.63257
References
Hose, Blake, Smith, 1976, Geology and Mineral Resources of White Pine Co., Nev., Nev Bureau Mines Bull 85NBMG MI-1990 throughNBMG MI-2002BLM Claims Fiche, 1998NBMG OFR 83-1,2MASMILS 0320330310Ruby Lake Land Status, 1978Engineering and Mining Journal, March 1989Northern Miner, September, 1989BLM Claims Fiche, 1998Long, 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.Jackson, Phil, 1991Geology of the Bellview Disseminated Gold Deposit, Whirte Pine County, Nevada, in Geology and ore deposits of the Great Basin; field trip guidebook compendium, eds. Buffa, Ruth H; Coyner, Alan R.