| Lat / long: | 40.811, -117.52735 |
| Primary: | Gold, Silver, Lead |
| Secondary: | Copper, Zinc |
| Tertiary: | Molybdenum, Manganese, Iron |
| Ore: | Gold, Galena, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite, Molybdenite, Tetrahedrite, Chalcocite, Garnet, Diopside, Vesuvianite, Calcite, Orthoclase, Quartz, Pyrite, Limonite, Chalcedony, Sericite, Hematite |
| Orebody form: | tabular |
| Discovery year: | 1860 |
| Operation type: | Surface-Underground |
| Deposit type: | shear zone/vein |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Production years: | 1860s-1980s |
| First production started: | 1860 |
| Last production ended: | 1980 |
| Host rock: | Preble Formation, Valmy Formation |
| Host type: | Slate,Limestone,Quartzite,Schist,Shale |
| Structure: | thrust faults, N-trending faults, Country rocks strike N-S and dip steeply east and are strongly crumpled. |
| Alteration processes: | silicification |
| MRDS | M231274 |
| DEP | 10310487 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: Willden, Ronald, 1964, Geology and Mineral Deposits of Humboldt County Nevada: Nbmg Bull. 59}{Deposit:: Garside, L. J., 1984, Field Examination Notes: NBMG Unpublished mining district files.}{Deposit:: Couch, B.F., and Carpenter, J.A., 1943, Nevad* Metal and Mineral Production (1859-1940): NBMG Bull. 38.}{Deposit:: Altaur Gold press release, 3/6/97.}{Deposit:: BLM Files, Winnemucca District, 4/12/1999.}{Deposit:: Denver Mining Record, 3/4/98, 11/10/99}{Deposit:: White Knight Resources news release, 2/19/99, 11/2/99.}{Deposit:: www.franco-nevada.com, 9/11/2000.} |
| Reporter | LaPointe, D.D. , Schruben, Paul G. |