Mine detail: Corcoran Canyon Project

Previously called 'Silver Reef ProspectSilver Reef claimsNBMG sample site 3187'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.67076, -116.80535

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic, Mercury, Molybdenum, Antimony
Ore: Pyrargyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Alunite, Clay, Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: tabular

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Deposit type: vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Tuff of Corcoran Canyon
Host type:Tuff,Rhyolite
Structure:A northeast-trending structural zone defined by alteration, veining, gold-silver mineralization, faulting and intrusions., fractures associated with the margin of the Mount Jefferson caldera
Alteration processes:Host rocks have been silicified, argillized, and sericitized.

References

MRDSM042801
DEP10310492
Reference{Deposit:: Quade, Jack, 28 May 86, NBMG Field examination and sample analyses.}{Deposit:: Kleinhampl, F.J. and Ziony, J.I., 1984, NBMG Bull 99B.}{Deposit:: Boden, 1992;}{Deposit:: Bonham, 1986, 1989, 1991; Bullion River Gold Corp., 2004b;}{Deposit:: Davis and Tingley, 1999}{Deposit:: Gardiner, 1989, 1990}{Deposit:: Gardiner and Giancola, 1991}{Deposit:: Landore Resources, Inc., 2001, 2004d}{Deposit:: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, 1998}{Deposit:: Senator Minerals, Inc., 2003b}{Deposit:: Tingley, 1998}{Deposit:: United States Bureau of Land Management, 1978p, 1999a}{Deposit:: United States Geological Survey, 1971b.}{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.}{Deposit:: Geologic map of the Corcoran Canyon quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada, USGS Map I-2680.}{Deposit:: Bullion River Gold Corp. website: http://www.bullionriver.com/mangaband.html}{Deposit:: Senator Minerals Inc. press release, 3/31/2003}{Deposit:: NBMG MI-2003-2004}
ReporterSchruben, Paul G., La Pointe, D.D.