Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeSediment-hosted Au
Model173: Sediment-hosted Au
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formtabular to irregular
Geology
Host rockSedimentary Rock · "Hanson Creek Formation", "Roberts Mountains Fm."
StructureRoberts Mountains thrust fault, Starvation Canyon Fault
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1988
Identification
Deposit ID10310528
Alternate namesone of Queenstake?s Jerritt Canyon gold properties
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.27517, -116.06266
References
Schmauch and others, 1992Bratland, 1991BLM Claims Fiche, 1998Mining Record(?), 6/10/87NBMG Bull 106Tuscarora Land Status, 1979Jake Margolis, e-mail, 8/27/01Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-206A, 33 p.; 98-206B. one 3.5 inch diskette.Queenstake Resources Ltd. press release, 12/16/2004.NBMGMI-2004.