Mine detail: Cimarron Gold Property

Previously called 'North Breccia Mineralized ZoneSan Antone Mineralized ZoneCO8 Mineralized ZoneWest Adit Mineralized ZoneWest ore podCentral ore podEast ore podSan Antonio MineCimarron Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.3416, -117.2537

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	seams and bunches

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	epithermal
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1937-1940
First production started:	1937
Last production ended:	1970

Geology

Host rock:	Tonopah Formation
Host type:	Ash-Flow Tuff,Rhyolite,Dacite
Associated type:	Argillite,Greenstone,Chert
Structure:	The Cimarron deposit lies along the northeastern margin of the Walker Lane mineralized structural zone, The Cimarron property is situated at the intersection of this northwest-trending regional structure and a northerly-trending belt of productive (+1 Moz) gold deposits .
Alteration processes:	bleaching and argillization of host rocks

References

MRDS	M231755
DEP	10310477
Reference	{Deposit:: Kral, V.E., 1951, Mineral Resources of Nye Co.: NBMG Bull. 50, p.161.}{Deposit:: Kleinhampl, F.J. and Ziony, J.I., Geology and Mineral Deposits of Northern Nye Co., 1984, NBMG Bull. 99B.}{Deposit:: Northern Miner, 12/2/96.}{Deposit:: NBMG MI-1996}{Deposit:: Bullion River Gold Corp website: http://www.bullionriver.com/projects/cimarron.html#}{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.}
Reporter	LaPointe, D.D., Schruben, Paul G.