Longstreet Mine, Longstreet Mining District, Monitor Range, Nye County, Nevada, USAi

Regional Level Types
Longstreet Mine	Mine
Longstreet Mining District	Mining District
Monitor Range	Mountain Range
Nye County	County
Nevada	State
USA	Country

Commodity: Ore Materials: gold, cerargyrite, argentite Gangue Materials: pyrite, quartz, talc

Deposit: The mineralized area consists of 7 separate gold-silver target zones. Four of the prospective zones including the Main Zone are heap-leach, open-pit targets hosting oxidized sheeted-vein gold-silver mineralization. The remaining three zones are deeper, "bonanza" style, high-grade underground drill targets. Seven independent mineralizing sources, and seven areas of sheeted veining associated with major shear zones have been identified on the project with coexisting gold anomalies.

Deposit type: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Development: The Longstreet Mine was discovered prior to 1929 at which time a 100-ton cyanide mill was built on the property. 1000 tons of $10 ore was milled in 1930. IN 1951, the property was under lease to John N. Richardson of Alameda, CA. Golden Lion Mining Co. and Naneco Minerals, Ltd. had interests in the property in the 1990s. Exploration interest in the area increased with the discovery of the Midway property 18 miles west. In 2002, Rare Earth Metals Corp. announced plans to acquire Golden Crown Resource?s option on the Pi?on property held by MinQuest Inc., a Nevada-based mineral exploration and property acquisition company. A mapping program was carried out at Pi?on during the summer of 2002, and a property valuation report to verify published reserve and resource was prepared. In early 2004, Rare Earth Metals Corp. announced the results of the initial phase of exploratory drilling at the Longstreet Gold-Silver Project. The company has an option to acquire a 100% interest in the Longstreet property. This first program was designed to verify the extent and continuity of the mineral resource referred to as the Main Zone, first mined in the 1920s, and calculated in a 1988 preliminary feasibility study by Mine Development Associates (MDA) of Sparks, Nevada. The MDA study reported a measured resource of 3,277,900 tonnes of mineralization grading 0.82 g/t Au and 19.5 g/t Ag The phase 1 drill holes were oriented to intersect the two sheeted-vein set structures which host the mineralization. The drilling program was successful in demonstrating the continuity of mineralization. The holes intercepted oxidized gold-silver mineralization where projected from previous drilling. The intervals reported similar to greater grades over similar to greater widths. The strike and down-dip extent of mineralization will be tested in the spring when weather permits.

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Link to USGS MRDS:	10310422

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