Mine detail: Post Deposit

Previously called 'BetzeBetze DepositPost/BetzeUpper PostPost MineDeep PostLower Post'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.97518, -116.34732

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver, Arsenic
Ore: Gold, Marcasite
Gangue: Alunite, Barite, Calcite, Dickite, Goethite, Gypsum, Hematite, Illite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Orpiment, Pyrite, Quartz, Realgar, Sericite, Stibnite
Orebody form: STRATIFORM (APPROXIMATELY)
Discovery year: 1982

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1986

Geology

Host rock:Vinini Formation;Popovich Formation/Rodeo Creek Unit;Popovich Formation;Popovich Formation;;Roberts Moutain Formation
Host type:Mudstone,Argillite,Siltstone,Sandstone,Limestone,Chert
Associated rock:Goldstrike Stock;Goldstrike Stock;Unknown;Latite Sill;Diorite Sill
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Roberts Mountain Thrust, N-Nnw-Trending Zone Considered Main Hydrothermal Conduit; Nnw To N, And Ne-Striking Faults
Tectonic:Basin And Range; Originally, W. Edge Of N. American Craton
Alteration processes:Decarbonization; Argillic And Silicic Hydrothermal; Oxidation

References

MRDSW700371
DEP10084949
Reference{Deposit:: ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT, MARCH, 1988, P. 4A-5A.}{Deposit:: ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT, JUNE, 1988, P. 3A.}{Deposit:: KNUTSEN, G. C., BETTLES, K. H., SULFRIAN, C. E., AND ZIMMERMAN, C. J., 1987, DISCOVERY AND GEOLOGY OF THE POST GOLD DEPOSIT, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA: SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS PREPRINT NUMBER 87-86, 6 P.}{Deposit:: ALBINO, GEORGE, 1993 ORAL COMMUNICATION, JULY 22, 1993, RENO, NV}{Deposit:: AREHART, G.B., FOLAND, K.A., NAESER, C.W., AND KESLER, S.E., 1993, 40AR/39AR, K/AR, AND FISSION TRACK GEOCHRONOLOGY OF SEDIMENT-HOSTED DISSEMINATED GOLD DEPOSITS AT POST-BETZE, CARLIN TREND, NORTHEASTERN NEVADA; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 88, NO. 3, P. 622-646}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.L., 1988, BULK-MINEABLE PRECIOUS-METAL DEPOSITS, IN, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1987, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MI-1987}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.L., 1986, BULK-MINEABLE PRECIOUS-METAL DEPOSITS AND PROSPECTS, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MAP 91}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.L., 1991, BULK-MINEABLE PRECIOUS-METAL DEPOSITS AND PROSPECTS, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MAP 91, 3RD ED.}{Deposit:: ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, 1987, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY FILES}{Deposit:: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINING DISTRICT FILE 115, NUMEROUS PRESS CLIPPINGS}{Deposit:: LAUHA, E.A., AND BETTLES, K.H., 1993, A GEOLOGIC COMPARISON OF THE POST/BETZE AND PURPLE VEIN DEPOSITS OF THE GOLDSTRIKE AND MEIKLE MINES, NEVADA, SME PREPRINT 93-170, PRESENTED AT SME ANNUAL MEETING, RENO, NV, FEB. 15-18, 1993}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.L., AND HESS, R.H., 1990, BULK-MINEABLE PRECIOUS-METAL DEPOSITS, IN, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1989, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MI-1989, P21}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.L., 1989, BULK-MINEABLE PRECIOUS-METAL DEPOSITS, IN, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1988, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MI-1988, P21}{Deposit:: AREHART, G. B., ELDRIDGE, C.S., CHRYSSOULIS, S.L., KESLER, S.E., 1993, ION MICROPROBE DETERMINATION OF SULFUR ISOTOPE VARIATIONS IN SULFIDES FROM THE POST/BETZE SEDIMENT-HOSTED DISSEMINATED GOLD DEPOSIT, NEVADA, USA, GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA, V.57, PP.1505-1519}{Production:: ALL 1980-1988 BARRICK FIGURES ALL IN BONHAM, 1989. 1988 NEWMONT AND 1989 BARRICK FIGURES FROM BONHAM AND HESS, 1990.}
ReporterPaidakovich, Matthew E., La Pointe, D.D., Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.), Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.)