Mine detail: Elder Creek Mine area

Previously called 'Shoshone'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.30269, -116.85037

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic, Mercury, Antimony
Ore: Gold
Orebody form: irregular
Discovery year: 1983

Production

Operation type: Surface
Deposit type: sediment-hosted gold
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1989-1990
First production started: 1989
Last production ended: 1990

Geology

Host rock:Roberts Mountains Formation
Host type:Limestone
Structure:Roberts Mountains thrust fault
Alteration processes:hydrothermal alteration, silicification

References

MRDSRE00281
DEP10310325
Reference{Deposit:: Alta Gold Company, 1989, Environmental Assessment for the Alta Gold Company Elder Creek.}{Deposit:: NBMG, 1992, The Nevada Mineral Industry - 1991, NBMG Special Publication MI-1991.}{Deposit:: NBMG, 1994, MI-1993}{Deposit:: Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.}{Deposit:: BLM, 2006, Elder Creek Mine Closure Project Environmental Assessment.}{Deposit:: http://www.millcityinternational.com/}
ReporterLaPointe, D.D., Schruben, Paul G.