| Lat / long: | 38.3416, -117.2537 |
| Primary: | Gold, Silver |
| Ore: | Gold |
| Gangue: | Quartz |
| Orebody form: | seams and bunches |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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. |