Mine detail: Illipah Mine

Lat / long:

39.4607, -115.4512

Host rock:	Devils Gate Limestone, Pilot Shale
Host type:	Limestone,Shale
Structure:	The north-south-trending Illipah Anticline projects through the mine area, bounded on the east by a steep west-dipping reverse fault. A major N-S trending shear zone dips W 30-60 degrees., E-W and NW-trending faults offset the jasperoid.
Alteration processes:	A bold north-south-trending jasperoidal zone outcrops along the west flank of Illipah Ridge. the jasperoid has developed along the contact between the Joana Limestone and Chainman Shale. Alteration associated with the deposit consists of decalcification, oxidation,

MRDS	M242967
DEP	10310433
Reference	{Deposit:: Echo Bay Mines Ltd., 1987, Form 10-K.}{Deposit:: Silver King Mines Inc./ Pacific Silver Corp., 1988, Combined Annual Report.}{Deposit:: Alta Gold Co., 1989 Annual Report.}{Deposit:: Echo Bay Mines Ltd., 1989 Annual Report.}{Deposit:: Dean, D. A., Benedetto, K. M. F., Durgin, D. C., 1991, Part One: Illipah Area Road Log, 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.131-135.}{Deposit:: Silver King Mines Inc., 1989, Form 10-K.}{Deposit:: Roripaugh, Ray L; Asher, Rod; Durgin, Dana, 1989, Illipah, disseminated gold deposit; in Geology and mineral deposits of White Pine County, Nevada, eds, Schafer, Robert W; Buffa, Ruth, Geol. Soc. Nev. Special Publication, vol. 9.}{Deposit:: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBLICATION 10, 1990, P. 16.}{Deposit:: SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, OCT 5, 1996, P13.}{Deposit:: ALTA NEW RELEASE, OCT., 3 1996.}{Deposit:: AMERICAN METAL MARKETS, VOL 104, #201, 10/16/96, P7.}
Reporter	Paidakovich, Matthew E., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.), LaPointe, D. D., Schruben, Paul G., Lowe, Nathan T.