Deposit: Workings follow E- W and NE shears with felsic dikes and quartz veins in a dark gray granodiorite. Also nearby is a thin veneer of older sediments. One of the E- W adits was driven using motorized equipment, but all of the other workings look old and many are caved. The newer adit was driven under the open pit. The mineralization is probably gold, although some minor amounts of silver may be related to the unidentified sulfides.

Deposit type: Polymetallic veins

Development: Workings 30 or more years old, with recent staking by wescord.

Ore(s): Shear Zones

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ⓘ Gold

ⓘ Silver

Mineral List

ⓘ Quartz

1 valid mineral.

Rock Types Recorded

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ⓘ Diorite

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ⓘ Quartz

Formula: SiO₂

References:

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘ	Quartz	4.DA.05	SiO₂

List of minerals for each chemical element

O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Quartz	SiO₂
Si	Silicon
Si	ⓘ Quartz	SiO₂

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Link to USGS MRDS:	10047468

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Havallah BasinBasin
Northern Basin and RangeWide Rift
West Nevada Permian-Triassic BasinBasin

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