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Golden Arrow Property

Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310365
MRDS ID M231953
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Arrow Property
Alternate or previous names Confidence Zone, Gold Coin zone, Hidden Hill zone
Related records 10044506

Comments on the site identification

  • This mine area encompasses the area described in earlier MRDS record M231953 and adjacent areas. The earlier record should however probably be kept in the database for historical reference.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.61896, 37.97801 (WGS84)
Elevation 1830
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Golden Arrow is located on the west flank of the northern Kawich Range on the southeastern edge of Stone Cabin Valley, about 40 miles southeast of Tonopah. The district covers the lower flanks of the range along the edge of Cactus Flat and includes the old camps of Golden Arrow and Blakes Camp. Blakes Camp was the original district name.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stinking Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cactus Flat(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 048E 27 28 32 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • The prospect is centered around the old Golden Arrow townsite with activity concentrated about a mile and a half to the southwest.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Materials: silver minerals, native gold, sphalerite
  • Gangue Materials: gangue minerals: pyrite, quartz, calcite, adularia

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Ore
Calcite Ore
Adularia Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) silicification adjacent to veins

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 106
USGS model code 25b
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Creede
Mark3 model number 58
Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16
Model code 151
USGS model code 25d
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Sado
Mark3 model number 28

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock type qualifier pink
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock type qualifier pink
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.61896, 37.97801
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description The southwestern part of the Kawich Mountain Range has been interpreted to represent a caldera complex. The eastern side of this collapse and resurgent feature is partly preserved on the western flank of the mountain range and the western side of the
caldera is buried in the Stone Cabin Valley/Cactus Flats depression. Late Precambrian and early Paleozoic sedimentary rocks form the basement into which the caldera was erupted. This caldera complex is rhyolitic in composition and has an age of 17.8 + 0.5 m.y. (Cornwall, 1972). The Golden Arrow Mining District and Golden Arrow South are situated on the northern margin of the caldera complex but the gold-silver deposits are reported to be hosted in an older rhyolite unit with an age of 21.1 to 21.9 m.y.
Type of structure Local
Structure description The Page fault strikes NE and dips 60SE

Ore body information

  • General form tabular

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Some ore is related to the Page fault. The gold-silver resources are located at the intersection of north-northwest and east-west trending structures that locally control larger quartz veins.

Comments on the geologic information

  • The southwestern part of the Kawich Mountain Range has been interpreted to represent a caldera complex. The eastern side of this collapse and resurgent feature is partly preserved on the western flank of the mountain range and the western side of the
    caldera is buried in the Stone Cabin Valley/Cactus Flats depression. Late Precambrian and early Paleozoic sedimentary rocks form the basement into which the caldera was erupted. This caldera complex is rhyolitic in composition and has an age of 17.8 + 0.5 m.y. (Cornwall, 1972). The Golden Arrow Mining District and Golden Arrow South are situated on the northern margin of the caldera complex but the gold-silver deposits are reported to be hosted in an older rhyolite unit with an age of 21.1 to 21.9 m.y.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1905
Year of first production 1905
Year of last production 1950
Production years 1905-1950; 1980

Mining district

District name Golden Arrow District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area
Area name Tonopah BLM District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Seabridge Gold
    Year 2005

Comments on the workings information

  • Older workings consist of a shaft, with more recent surface exploration activity and drilling

Comments on other economic factors

  • Previous work on the Golden Arrow deposit had defined a resource of 290,000 to 477,000 ounces of gold and 4.1 to 6.2 million ounces of silver located in two separate areas of the project.
    1997 estimated reserves were 12.4 million tons of material grading 0.039 ounces of gold per ton. No 2005 reserves or resources were listed.

Comments on development

  • The mine was listed as an active heap leach operation in 1980, employing 6 persons.

    In 1996, Golconda Resources agreed to lease the CNR claims of Mountain View Exploration in the Golden Arrow district where earlier sampling had reportedly outlined a large gold and silver anomaly with rock chip values of up to one ounce per ton of gold and 13 ounces per ton of silver. Also in the Golden Arrow district, Kennecott Exploration confirmed zones of anomalous gold mineralization at the Hidden Hill and Gold Coin Zones of its Golden Arrow deposit. Recent drilling in these zones extended significant mineralization at depth and along trend to the south and west. Previous work on the Golden Arrow deposit had defined a resource of 290,000 to 477,000 ounces of gold and 4.1 to 6.2 million ounces of silver contained in 12.4 million tons grading 0.039 ounces of gold per ton located in two separate zones. In 1997, Tombstone Explorations Co acquired the Golden Arrow project from Kennecott Explorations and commenced RC drilling late in the year. The property consisted of 16 patented and 419 unpatented claims covering the Gold Coin, Confidence, and Hidden Hill deposits. Drilling in 1997 focused on the Hidden Hill deposit and expanded its estimated geologic resource to 3.9 million tons containing 0.034 ounces per ton of gold. Exploration of the property lapsed for a few years, but resumed by 2003, when it was reported that Phase II drilling was underway on Pacific Ridge Exploration Ltd.'s Golden Arrow property. The 2003 Phase II program called for about 25,000 feet of drilling on two high-grade epithermal gold vein feeder systems within the Gold Coin and Hidden Hill zones as well as initial drilling of the large, recently discovered Sunrise target. In 2004, Pacific Ridge Exploration Ltd. completed drilling on its Golden Arrow property and, following study of this and previous drilling, decided to cease work and terminate their agreement on the Golden Arrow property with Nevada Sunrise LLC as the exploration results on the property did not meet Pacific Ridge's corporate objectives

    In late 2005, Seabridge Gold Inc. announced discovery of a 1,200 meter by 700 meter area of surface gold/silver mineralization on its 100% owned 4,600 acre Golden Arrow project. Golden Arrow was one of two selected for drilling from a portfolio of 12 Nevada exploration projects evaluated by Seabridge geologists in the Company's 2005 Nevada exploration program. A zone of well developed silicic alteration has been identified in the southwest part of the Golden Arrow project. In the vicinity of this alteration zone, 29 rock samples were collected by Seabridge with gold concentrations from trace levels up to 9.95 grams per tonne gold and 246.9 grams per tonne silver. In addition, auger sampling was completed over the zone of silicic alteration and soil geochemical sampling was completed on the strike projection of this alteration zone. A primary target zone defined by alteration and gold geochemistry has an area of about 1,200 meters by 700 meters. A secondary target of 2,000 meters by 500 meters located to the north of the primary target has also been identified but results are indicative of thicker cover in this area. An initial drill program consisting of 2,000 meters of reverse circulation drilling was planned for 2006

Reference information

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General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Gold-silver mineralization is associated with north-northwest-trending, quartz-after-calcite sheeted veins and stockwork zones in silicified rhyolite. Exploration work confirmed two high-grade epithermal gold vein feeder systems within the Gold Coin and Hidden Hill zones as well as another large mineralized target, Sunrise. Seabridge identified a zone of well developed silicic alteration in the southwest part of the Golden Arrow project. In the vicinity of this alteration zone, 29 rock samples were collected by Seabridge with gold concentrations from trace levels up to 9.95 grams per tonne gold and 246.9 grams per tonne silver. In addition, auger sampling was completed over the zone of silicic alteration and soil geochemical sampling was completed on the strike projection of this alteration zone. A primary target zone defined by alteration and gold geochemistry has an area of about 1,200 meters by 700 meters. A secondary target of 2,000 meters by 500 meters located to the north of the primary target has also been identified but results are indicative of thicker cover in this area.
The delineated resources in the Golden Arrow Mining District are associated with intense silicic alteration in rhyolite tuff. Silicic alteration is manifested as pervasive quartz introduction in the volcanic rock, stockwork quartz veinlets and quartz veins ranging from a few centimeters to a meter wide. Accompanying the introduction of silica is adularia and minor pyrite. The resources are located at the intersection of north-northwest and east-west trending structures that locally control larger quartz veins.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-2005 LaPointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Editor 01-SEP-2007 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey Converted from S&A FileMaker format to Oracle. Edit checks on rocks, units, and ages with Geolex search, and other fields.

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