Mine detail: Lantern-Bullion Monarch Mines Area

Previously called 'NW ExtensionSouth LanternNorth LanternExodusHigh Desert'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.92228, -116.34084

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	tabular to irregular

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Deposit type:	Sediment-hosted Au/ vein, fault zone
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Roberts Mountains Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:	The N50W striking Castle Reef fault is one of several major Carlin district northwest faults that have complex kinematics, frequently displaying evidence of multiple stages of recurrent normal, oblique, and apparent strike-slip movement.
Alteration processes:	silicification

References

MRDS	RE00282
DEP	10310326
Reference	{Deposit:: Bureau of Land Management, 1991, Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Betze Project.}{Deposit:: Mcfarlane, D. N., 1991, Gold Production on the Carlin Trend, in Buffa, R. and Coyner, A., eds., Geology and Ore Deposits of the Great Basin - Field Trip Guidebook Compendium, The Geological Society Of Nevada, Reno, p. 841-843.}{Deposit:: NBMG, 1994, MI-1993-MI-2003}{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:: Bonham and Hess (1995).}{Deposit:: NBMG Bull. 111.}
Reporter	LaPointe, D.D., Schruben, Paul G.