Mine detail: Slaven Canyon Deposit

Previously called 'Wood DuckGordo ClaimsTeal'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.5199, -116.7726

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Gold
Orebody form:	shallowly dipping tabular body
Discovery year:	1983

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Deposit type:	replacement
Production size:	None
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Slaven Chert, Valmy Formation
Host type:	Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Structure:	Roberts Mountains Thrust, Major northeast trending faults cut through the area and are believed to be a regional control to the localization of gold mineralization.
Tectonic:	Upper Plate Roberts Mountains Allochthon.
Alteration processes:	Alteration is dominantly argillization and sanding.

References

MAS	320150324
DEP	10310442
Reference	{Deposit:: NBMG MI-90}{Deposit:: NBMG MI-94 thru MI-02}{Deposit:: Amer. Mines (1996), 1995 thru Amer. Mines (1999)}{Deposit:: 1998; MASMILS 0320150324}{Deposit:: Battle Mtn. Land Status, 1975}{Deposit:: Crescent Valley LS, 1979; Annual Report}{Deposit:: www.whiteknightres.com website}{Deposit:: SEG Newsletter, 4/1/02.}{Deposit:: Timothy D. Jefferson and Arthur R. Leger, 2005, Technical Report for the Slaven Canyon Property Lander County, Nevada, USA Prepared for: White Knight Resources Ltd., unpublished, online at http://www.whiteknightres.com/i/pdf/Slaven-43101.pdf}
Reporter	LaPointe, D.D. , Schruben, Paul G.