Slaven Canyon Deposit, Lander County, Nevada, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Slaven Canyon Deposit | Deposit |
| Lander County | County |
| Nevada | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 31' 11'' North , 116° 46' 21'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Battle Mountain | 3,635 (2011) | 19.3km |
| Crescent Valley | 392 (2011) | 20.2km |
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Gordo Claims; Teal; Wood Duck
Structure: Roberts Mountains Thrust Major northeast trending faults cut through the area and are believed to be a regional control to the localization of gold mineralization.
Alteration: Alteration is dominantly argillization and sanding.
Tectonics: Upper Plate Roberts Mountains Allochthon.
Commodity: Ore Materials: gold
Deposit: The Gordo claims contain a drill defined resource of approximately 120,000 ounces of gold. Mineralization is hosted in upper plate clastic rocks and is still open in several directions. This pod of gold mineralization measures about 2400 feet east-west by 300 feet - 500 feet north-south. Mineralization is open on the east and west end and to some degree down dip. A second area of gold mineralization occurs on the northern portion of the claims. The primary exploration target is a Carlin-type gold deposit in Lower-Plate carbonate rocks at depth or in carbonate units of the Upper Plate. The resource is shallow, mostly oxide, shallowly dipping tabular body hosted in Upper Plate siliclastic rocks. Gold mineralization is probably controlled by a shallow angle thrust fault. Alteration is dominantly argillization and sanding.
Deposit type: Sediment-hosted Au
Development: Resource Associates of Alaska (RAA) geologists discovered gold-bearing breccia outcrops at Slaven Canyon in 1983, and staked claims the following year. RAA conducted geologic mapping, rock and soil sampling, and trenching from 1984 to 1987. Nerco acquired RAA in 1988 and Alta Gold joint-ventured the claims with Nerco later that year. Alta began an aggressive drilling program and completed 59 shallow holes in 1988, including the discovery hole (25 ft @ 0.046 opt gold). An additional eight holes were drilled in 1989. Cyanide-shake metallurgical tests were conducted in 1990, followed by the drilling of 17 holes in 1991. Uranerz leased the property in 1991 and completed a 57-hole drilling program in 1992. Bottle-roll tests were completed in 1993 after which a resource calculation was made. Cameco acquired Uranerz in 1994 and terminated the lease. Cyprus Minerals leased the claims from Alta Gold later that year and drilled nine holes in the northwest part of the property before terminating the lease in 1995. Following Cyprus' withdrawal, Alta Gold filed on the claims from 1996 through 1999 but performed no further work on the property. Alta Gold filed for bankruptcy in 2000. White Knight Resources staked the initial "Gordo" claims on the property in 2001 after Alta Gold?s bankruptcy. In February 2003, White Knight acquired the surface and mineral rights on 642 acres of private land contiguous to the Gordo claims of the property.
Geology: Rock units on the property are dominated by chert, siltstone and limestone of the Ordovician Vinini Formation and Devonian Slaven Chert, both units of the Upper Plate Roberts Mountains Allochthon. These units are overlain on the east by Miocene basalt of the Northern Nevada Rift.
Ore(s): Major northeast trending faults cut through the area and are believed to be a regional control to the localization of gold mineralization. Eocene dikes that are abundant as N-S, WNW, and NW swarms within the Battle Mountain Gold Belt. These dike swarms are spatially, if not genetically, associated with gold concentrations at Hilltop-Slaven.
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10310442 |
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