Mine detail: Trout Creek Deposit

Previously called 'Southern ZoneCentral ZoneNorthern Zone'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.46352, -116.00174

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Mercury, Arsenic, Antimony
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Hematite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1979

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Webb Formation
Host type:	Shale,Siltstone
Structure:	The Deposit Lies Within The Mesozoic-Age, N- To Nw-Trending Pinon Range Anticline. Tertiary Age Faults Strike Nw And Nne. One Nw-Striking Fault Set Shows Reverse Displacement And Acted As Conduits For Hydrothermal Fluids.
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Hematization. See Geology Comments.

References

MRDS	RE00044
DEP	10055100
Reference	{Deposit:: JACKSON, P.R., AND RUETZ, J.W., 1991, GEOLOGY OF THE TROUT CREEK DISSEMINATED GOLD DEPOSIT, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, IN RAINES, G.L., ET AL, EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 729-734}{Reserve-Resource:: 1989 FIGURES: JACKSON, P.R., AND RUETZ, J.W., 1991, GEOLOGY OF THE TROUT CREEK DISSEMINATED GOLD DEPOSIT, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, IN RAINES, G.L., ET AL, EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 729-734.}
Reporter	Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.)