Mine detail: Gold Quartz

Previously called 'Ajax'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.31102, -116.70315

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
Ore:	Gold, Pyrite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1910

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1910

Geology

Host rock:	Valmy Formation;Valmy Formation;Valmy Formation
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated rock:	Tenabo Stock
Associated type:	Diorite,Rhyolite
Structure:	Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust Adjacent To The Tenabo Stock., High Angle Basin & Range Faults, Numerous Dikes & Sills
Alteration processes:	Considerable Silicification Of Host Rocks

References

MRDS	M232512
DEP	10044888
Reference	{Deposit:: STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO., N.B.M. BULL 88}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W.O. (1939) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO., NEV., USBM I.C. 7043}{Deposit:: USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 67, REFERENCE NO. 3201500125}{Deposit:: EMMONS, W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN ELKO, LANDER, & EUREKA COS. USGS BULL 408}{Deposit:: HUMPHREY, F.L. (1945) REPORT ON THE GOLD QUARTZ MINE, N.B.M. DISTRICT FILE 151, ITEM 3}{Deposit:: WRUCKE, C.T. (1974) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TENABO AREA, LANDER CO NEV, USGS MAP MF-647}
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A.