Nevada · Elko County
Producer

Meikle Mine

Elko County, Nevada, United States
GoldSilverMercuryZincBarium-BariteAntimony
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Description

Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc.

Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver, Mercury
TertiaryZinc, Barium-Barite, Antimony
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeSediment-hosted Au
Model173: Sediment-hosted Au
Deposit sizeL
Ore controlLower plate of Roberts Mountain Thrust and hanging wall of monzonite porphyry; NNW and NW trending faults were possible feeders
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Silica, Dolomite, Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Barite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Calcite
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockSedimentary Breccia,Mudstone,Limestone,Sedimentary Rock,Porphyry,Monzonite · "Roberts Mountains Formation", "Popovich Formation"
Associated rockChert,Shale,Siltstone,Argillite,Limestone,Mixed Clastic/Volcanic Rock · "Vinini Formation", "Roberts Mountains Formation", "Carlin Formation"
StructureN30-35W folding in Late Triassic to Late Jurassic, was important to concentrating mineralization, Roberts Mountain Thrust. Separate NNE, NW, and NE fault trends.
Alterationsilicification, argillization, pyritization, dolomitization
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1996-present
First production1996
Last production2000
Discovery year1989
Identification
Deposit ID10310532
MRDS IDRE00043
Alternate namesPurple Vein deposit
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates41.01111, -116.36
References
The Northern Miner, 1992, Barrick's Latest; Deep But Rich, Feb. 10, 1992, P.1, 2Lauha, Eric, 1992, The geology and exploration of the Purple Vein deposit (Abstract), Geological Society of Nevada Newsletter, May 1992Lauha, Eric, 1992, The geology and exploration of the Purple Vein deposit (Abstract), Geological Society of Nevada, Oral Presentation, May 1992 meetingVolk, Jeff, 1994, oral communication, American Barrick Resources Meikle Mine staff, 7 January, 1994NBMG, 1994, MI-1993NBMG, 1999, MI-1998American Barrick, 1993 Annual ReportVolk and others, Structural Geology of the Betze-Post and Meikle deposits, Elko and Eureka Counties, Nevada, in Green and Struhsacker, editors, 1996, Geology and Ore Deposits of the American Cordillera, Field Trip Guidebook Compendium, Geological Society of Nevada.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.RANDOL GUIDE 1993/1994, P. 274.BARRICK GOLD CORPORATION, 1994 ANNUAL REPORT.ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT, APRIL 1994, #175, P10A.MINING ENGINEERING, "AMERICAN BARRICK", L. WHITE, S. KRAL, NOV. 1994, PP. 1231 - 1242.THE MINING RECORD, VOL. 106, #23, JUNE 7, 1995.MINING WORLD NEWS, VOL., 2, #7, 10/96, PP.8, 9.SOUTHWESTERN PAYDIRT, OCT. 1996, #688, P14.THE DENVER POST, 10/23/96, P8C.AMERICAN METALS MARKET, VOL., 104, #191, 10/2/96, P5.THE NORTHERN MINER, VOL 82, #31, SEPT., 30, 1996, PP. 1, 2.AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK 1996, PP. 21, 38.RANDOL, 1996/97, MINING DIRECTORY, U.S. MINES & MINING COMPANIES, PP. 257, 258.1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 5, 22.THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #36, 09/04/96, PP. 1, 6.BARRICK GOLD CORPORATION, 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P30.BARRICK GOLD CORPORATION, 1995 FORM 40-F REPORT, P29.BARRICK GOLD CORPORATION, 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, P36.BARRICK GOLD CORP., 1996 FORM 40-F REPORT, PP. 14, 16, 32.