| Deposit ID | 10047577 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M242950 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Chimney Creek Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Chimney Creek Prospect |
| Related records | 10310333 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.17179, 41.276 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1585 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 35 MILES NE OF WINNEMUCCA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Dry Hills North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)
Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)
Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 039N | 043E | 07 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Model code | 172 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 26a |
| Deposit model name | Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag |
| Mark3 model number | 15 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||
| Rock unit name | Etchart | ||
| Rock description | Etchart | ||
| |||
| (1) | -117.17179, 41.276 |
|---|
| Dip | GENTLE |
|---|---|
| Length | 487.68M |
| Width | 243.84M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1985 |
| District name | Potosi District; Getchell District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Gold Fields Mining Corp., Subsidiary Of Consolidated Gold Fields Plc Of London. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Gold Fields Mining Corp., Alan Wright, Project Manager |
| First year | 1988 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 9070000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1987 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 9297000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242950 |
NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION BULLETIN, OCT-NOV., 1985.
THE MINING RECORD, NOV. 13, 1985, P.3
RENO GAZETTE JOURNAL, NOV. 11, 1985. P
THE NORTHEN MINER NEWS PAPER, NOV. 11, 1985.
MINE SEARCH ANNUAL, 1984-85, METALS ECONOMICS GROUP, BOULDER, CO, VOL VII, P. 93-94.
ORAL COMMUNICATION FROM JIM DELONG, 16 JUL. 1986, GEOLOGIST FORMERLY WITH GOLD FIELDS.
GEOL. SOC. NEVADA, 1987, PRECIOUS METALS SYMPOSIUM, LECTURES, ABSTRACTS.
NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION BULL., OCT-NOV, 1985; BONHAM, 1988.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | GENTLY DIPPING MINERALIZED ZONE CONTAINING SIGNIFICANT GOLD VALUES FOUND IN AN AREA ABOUT 1600 BY 800 FT. ADDITIONAL GOLD MINERALIZATION WAS ENCOUNTERED IN SOME DRILL HOLES OUTSIDE THE MAIN MINERALIZED AREA, THOUGH THESE HOLES HAVE NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN ESTIMATING RESERVES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1988 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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