| Lat / long: | 41.36379, -116.00091 |
| Primary: | Gold |
| Tertiary: | Antimony |
| Ore: | Gold, Orpiment, Realgar, Calcite |
| Gangue: | Stibnite |
| Operation type: | Surface-Underground |
| Deposit type: | carbonate-hosted Au-Ag |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Producer |
| Host rock: | Hanson Creek Fm. |
| Host type: | Limestone,Siltstone |
| Structure: | fracture zone |
| Alteration processes: | Wallrock alteration of sedimentary rocks and the basalt dike was mapped in detail on three underground mine levels. Mapped alteration of sedimentary rocks included decarbonatization, dolomitization, silicification, carbon enrichment, and arsenic sulfide mineralization. Alteration of the dike progresses from deuteric to sericitic to argillic with proximity to northeast-striking faults. Silicification, also oxidation of antimony sulfides. |
| DEP | 10310565 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: Smith, R.M., Mineral Resources of Elko County, Nevada, USGS Open-File Report 1976-56.}{Deposit:: LaPointe and others, 1991, Mineral Resources of Elko County, Nevada, NBMG Bulletin 106.}{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:: Dewitt, Alexander, 1999, Alteration, geochemical dispersion, and ore controls at the SSX Mine, Jerritt Canyon District, NV; abstr., GSN Newsletter, May, 1999.} |
| Reporter | LaPointe, D.D., Schruben, Paul G. |