Ore controlOre mineralization is bedding-controlled but adjacent to a fault.
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
Geology
Host rockSiltstone · Webb Formation
Associated rockLimestone · Devils Gate Limestone
Structurefault, Roberts Mountains thrust fault
AlterationHost rock is pervasively silicified to jasperoid.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10310561
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.89633, -116.29322
References
NBMG MI-1996,1998United States Bureau of Land Management, 1981Vladimir I. Berger and Ted G. Theodore, 2005, Implications of Stratabound Carlin Type Gold Deposits in Paleozoic Rocks of North-Central Nevada; United States Geological Survey slide presentation.Vikre and Maher, 1996http://www.columbusgoldcorp.com/s/ChertCliff.asp