Mine detail: Starvation Canyon-Waterpipe Deposit

Previously called 'one of Queenstake?s Jerritt Canyon gold properties'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.27517, -116.06266

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Gold
Orebody form:	tabular to irregular
Discovery year:	1988

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Sediment-hosted Au
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Hanson Creek Formation, Roberts Mountains Fm.
Host type:	Sedimentary Rock
Structure:	Roberts Mountains thrust fault, Starvation Canyon Fault

References

DEP	10310528
Reference	{Deposit:: Schmauch and others, 1992}{Deposit:: Bratland, 1991}{Deposit:: BLM Claims Fiche, 1998}{Deposit:: Mining Record(?), 6/10/87}{Deposit:: NBMG Bull 106}{Deposit:: Tuscarora Land Status, 1979}{Deposit:: Jake Margolis, e-mail, 8/27/01}{Deposit:: Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-206A, 33 p.; 98-206B. one 3.5 inch diskette.}{Deposit:: Queenstake Resources Ltd. press release, 12/16/2004.}{Deposit:: NBMGMI-2004.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D., Schruben, Paul G.