Mine detail: Chimney Creek Mine

Previously called 'Chimney Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.27961, -117.15763

Resource(B)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Sand and Gravel, Construction
Tertiary:	Arsenic, Antimony, Lead, Thallium, Mercury
Gangue:	Albite, Augite, Barite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Fluorite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	COMPLEX
Discovery year:	1985

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	1987 - PRESENT (2/92)
First production started:	1987

Geology

Host rock:	Etchart Limestone;Etchart Limestone;Etchart Limestone;Etchart Limestone;Goughs Canyon Basalt
Host type:	Siltstone
Structure:	Roberts Mountains Thrust (Below) And Golconda Thrust (Above), Intruded By Mid-Cretaceous Osgood Mt. Granodiorite And Related Trachyandesite Dikes., Chimney Creek Mine Occurs Along A Northeasterly Range Front Lineament That Is Likely An Extension Of The Getchell Fault, The Dominant Structural Feature Of The Getchell, Pinson, And Preble Deposits.
Tectonic:	Nevadan And Basin And Range Block Faulting
Alteration processes:	Argillization, Carbonate Dissolution, Silicification, Sericite-Pyrite Argillic To Propylitic Alteration. See Geology Comments.

References

MRDS	M042791
DEP	10037801
Reference	{Deposit:: NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION BULLETIN, OCTOBER - NOVEMBER, 1985}{Deposit:: THE MINING RECORD, NOVEMBER 13, 1985, P. 3}{Deposit:: RENO GAZETTE JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 11, 1985}{Deposit:: THE NORTHERN MINER NEWSPAPER, NOVEMBER 11, 1985}{Deposit:: MINE SEARCH ANNUAL, 1984-85, METALS ECONOMICS GROUP, BOULDER, CO, V. VII, P. 93-94}{Deposit:: ORAL COMMUNICATION FROM JIM DELONG, JULY 16, 1986, GEOLOGIST FORMERLY WITH GOLD FIELDS}{Deposit:: OSTERBERG, M.W., ET AL, 1991, GEOLOGY, WALL-ROCK ALTERATION AND NEW EXPLORATION TECHNIQUES AT THE CHIMNEY CREEK SEDIMENT-HOSTED GOLD DEPOSIT, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA, IN RAINES, G.L., ET AL, EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 805-819}{Deposit:: MINING DATABASE, MINING JOURNAL/MONTAGU MINING FINANCE, NOVEMBER 1991}{Deposit:: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 1991, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1990, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1990}{Deposit:: STAFF, 1988, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1987: NEVADA DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 84 P.}{Deposit:: NBMG, 1994, MI-1993}{Production:: MINING DATABASE, MINING JOURNAL/MONTAGU MINING FINANCE, NOVEMBER, 1991. MI-1993}{Reserve-Resource:: NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION BULL., OCT-NOV., 1985. MINING DATABASE, MINING JOURNAL/MONTAGU MINING FINANCE, NOVEMBER 1991. NBMG SPEC. PUB. MI-1990. MI-1993}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Paidakovich, Matthew E., Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.), Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.), Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)