Mine detail: Ren-Banshee

Previously called 'Banshee orebodyWest Ren orebodyRen Orebody'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.01487, -116.38796

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Antimony, Mercury, Arsenic
Ore:	Gold, Barite
Orebody form:	tabular to irregular

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Deposit type:	disseminated gold
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	1989-?
First production started:	1989

Geology

Host rock:	eastern (carbonate) assemblage, western (siliceous) assemblage
Host type:	Limestone,Siltstone,Mudstone,Chert,Quartzite
Structure:	steep east-dipping faults, The area has been affected by regional thrust faulting.
Alteration processes:	Alteration includes decalcification and weak silicification in siltstone, and formation of massive jasperoid in the upper part of the limestone unit. Alteration of dikes is mainly sericite-quartz-pyrite, with late pyrite-quartz-kaolinite.

References

DEP	10310343
Reference	{Deposit:: Albino, George, 1994, Geology and lithogeochemistry of the Ren gold prospect, Elko County, Nevada; the role of rock sampling in exploration for deep Carlin-type deposits; Journal of Geochemical Exploration, vol.51, no.1, pp.37-58.}{Deposit:: NBMG MI-96-MI-02}{Deposit:: EIS, 1996, Bootstrap, NBMG Miing District file 45, item I21}{Deposit:: NBMG Bull. 106, 1991}{Deposit:: SEG NL, No. 31, 1997}{Deposit:: Amer. Mines, 1989}{Deposit:: Amer. Mines, 1990}{Deposit:: Mneral Resources of Elko County, NBMG Bull. 106}{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:: Cameco Gold Inc., press release, 11/25/02.}{Deposit:: Centerra press release, Oct, 2006.}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G., LaPointe, D.D.