Mine detail: Wildcat Gold Project

Previously called 'Wildcat MineTag-Wildcat prospectHero/Tag orebodyMain orebodyNortheast orebodyKnob 32 orebodyMonarch MinesMonarch GroupS. S. ClaimsWarmothBig Hero claimLittle Hero claimWildcat claimJaybird claim'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.54239, -118.75599

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Ore: Gold, Electrum
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: tabular
Discovery year: 1992

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Deposit type: vein/shear zone/breccia
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1907

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite,Tuff,Andesite,Granodiorite
Associated type:Basalt
Structure:N30W 75NE shear zone and a N55E, 80NW shear zone .
Alteration processes:Alteration of host rocks consists of silicification, bleaching, and kaolinization.

References

MRDSM060223
MAS320270803
DEP10310463
Reference{Deposit:: Johnson, M.G., 1977, Geology and Mineral Deposits of Pershing County, Nevada; NBMG Bull. 89}{Deposit:: Vanderburg, 1936, Reconnaissance of Mining Districts in Pershing County, Nevada; USBM IC 6902, p. 13-14}{Deposit:: Mineral Resources of the United States 1921, Part 1 Metals; USBM, p. 394-5}{Deposit:: Tingley, J. V., 6 Jun 84, NBMG Field Examination and Sample Analyses}{Deposit:: Quade, Jack, 4 Sep 84, NBMG Field Examination and Sample Analyses.}{Deposit:: http://www.vistagold.com/wildcat.php}{Deposit:: Mine Development Associates, 2003, Technical Report, Wildcat Project, Pershing County, Nevada USA, prepared for Vista Gold Corp.}{Deposit:: NBMG MI-89 through MI-02}{Deposit:: Amer. Mines (1990), 1990}{Deposit:: Amer. Mines (1998), 1997}{Deposit:: Northern Miner, 6/2/97}{Deposit:: Eugene Mtns. Land Status, 1975; MASMILS 0320270803, 0320270842V}
ReporterLa Pointe, D. D. , Schruben, Paul G.