Mine detail: Goldwedge Gold Project

Previously called 'part of the Manhattan/Round Mountain Caldera program of Royal Standard MineralsGold Wedge'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.53249, -117.01584

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz, Pyrite
Orebody form: tabular
Discovery year: 1860

Production

Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: lode, replacement
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Zanzibar Formation
Host type:Limestone,Siltstone
Structure:The Gold Wedge Deposit occurs at the intersection of north and northwest trending faults.The north-trending Reliance fault is mineralized in the mine area., The upper plate of a thrust fault.

References

DEP10310423
Reference{Deposit:: Kral, V.E., 1951, Mineral Resources of Nye Co.: NBMG Bull. 50, p. 125}{Deposit:: Ferguson, H.G., 1924, Geol. and Ore Deposits of the Manhattan District: USGS Bull 723, p. 151-153.}{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:: NBMG MI-96-NBMG MI-02}{Deposit:: Amer. Mines (1998), 1997}{Deposit:: BLM Claims Microfiche, 1998.}{Deposit:: 2003 Nevada Division of Environmental Protection permitting notices, online.}{Deposit:: Royal Standard Minerals Inc., press release, 12/10/02}{Deposit:: NBMG MI-2002, MI-2003, MI-2004.}{Deposit:: Royal Standard Minerals Inc. website, Dec., 2005,}{Deposit:: http://www.royal-standard.com/RSM_projects_Gold_Wedge.htm}
ReporterLaPointe, D.D. , Schruben, Paul G.