Mine detail: Winrock Mine

Previously called 'Blowout PitDeer Camp pit'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.9458, -115.4493

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Surface
Deposit type: sediment-hosted gold
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1991-1992
First production started: 1991
Last production ended: 1992

Geology

Host rock:Pilot Shale, Joana Limestone, Chainman Shale
Host type:Sedimentary Rock,Limestone,Shale
Structure:The Maverick Springs Range is an east-tilted fault block, At Winrock, the dominant structure controls are N25W and N20- 40E.

References

MRDSRE00278
DEP10310389
Reference{Deposit:: Cox, John, and Lamborn, John, 1991, Geology and mineralization of the Winrock Project, White Pine County Nevada; in Geology and ore deposits of the Great Basin; field trip guidebook compendium, eds. Buffa, Ruth H; Coyner, Alan R.}{Deposit:: USMX, 1990, Annual report for 1989.}{Deposit:: USMX, 1992, Annual report for 1991}{Deposit:: NBMG MI-88 through MI-02}{Deposit:: NBMG Map 91, 2nd, 3rd}{Deposit:: DEIS, 1995}{Deposit:: FEIS, 1995}{Deposit:: Amer. Mines (1991-92), 1991 thru Amer. Mines (2000), 2001}{Deposit:: Nevada Land Status, 1990}{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:: Nutt, C.J., Hofstra, A.H., Hart, K.S., and Mortensen, J.K., 2000, Structural setting and genesis of gold deposits in the Bald Mountain-Alligator Ridge area, east-central Nevada, in Cluer, J.K., Price, J.G., Struhsacker, E.M., Hardyman, R.F., and Morris, C.L., eds., Geology and Ore Deposits 2000: The Great Basin and Beyond: Geological Society of Nevada Symposium Proceedings, May 15-18, 2000, p. 513-537.}{Deposit:: Hitchborn and others, 1996, Geology and Gold Deposits of the Bald Mountain Mining District, White Pine County, Nevada, in Geology and Ore Deposits of the American Cordillera Symposium Proceedings, eds. A. Coyner and P. Fahey.}{Deposit:: The Geological Society of Nevada 1996 Spring Field trip, Geology and Gold Deposits of Eastern Nevada, GSN Special Publication No. 23.}
ReporterPhinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.), LaPointe, D.D., Schruben, Paul G.