Mine detail: Chert Cliff Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

39.89633, -116.29322

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold
Orebody form:	bedded, lenticular, stratabound

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Deposit type:	replacement
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Webb Formation
Host type:	Siltstone
Associated rock:	Devils Gate Limestone
Associated type:	Limestone
Structure:	fault, Roberts Mountains thrust fault
Alteration processes:	Host rock is pervasively silicified to jasperoid.

References

DEP	10310561
Reference	{Deposit:: NBMG MI-1996,1998}{Deposit:: United States Bureau of Land Management, 1981}{Deposit:: Vladimir I. Berger and Ted G. Theodore, 2005, Implications of Stratabound Carlin Type Gold Deposits in Paleozoic Rocks of North-Central Nevada; United States Geological Survey slide presentation.}{Deposit:: Vikre and Maher, 1996}{Deposit:: http://www.columbusgoldcorp.com/s/ChertCliff.asp}
Reporter	LaPointe, D.D., Schruben, Paul G.