| Lat / long: | 40.21713, -116.48148 |
| Primary: | Gold, Silver |
| Gangue: | Alunite, Cristobalite |
| Discovery year: | 1985 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Hot Spring |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Producer |
| Production years: | 1988-1989 |
| First production started: | 1988 |
| Last production ended: | 1989 |
| Host type: | Claystone |
| Structure: | Two Fault Sets Define Local Structure. An Older Set Of Nnw-Striking Normal Faults Are Downthrown On The West. This Fault Set Appears To Be A Primary Control Of Gold Deposition. A Younger Ene-Striking Range Front Fault Set (E.G. Crescent Fault) Offsets The Older Set And Serves To Localize Mineralization At Structural Intersections. |
| Alteration processes: | Pervasive Cristobalite-Alunite Associated With Smectite Is Thought To Result From Acid Leaching Of The Deposit During The Last Stages Of Hydrothermal Activity. Lesser Silicification And Possible Decalcification Of Host Rocks. |
| MRDS | RE00019 |
| DEP | 10055081 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: JENNINGS, S., 1991, GEOLOGY OF THE WEST SINTER DEPOSIT AT THE BUCKHORN MINE, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA, IN GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN, SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS, RAINES, G.L., ET AL, EDS., THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 947-956}{Production:: JENNINGS, S., 1991, GEOLOGY OF THE WEST SINTER DEPOSIT AT THE BUCKHORN MINE, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA, IN GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN, SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS, RAINES, G.L., ET AL, EDS., THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 947-956.} |
| Reporter | Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.) |