| Deposit ID | 10310526 |
|---|---|
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | California Mine - Dash Pit |
| Alternate or previous names | Dash pit, East Dash, California Mountain Deposit |
| Related records | 10310562 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.95377, 41.37379 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | The mine is located approximately 80 km north of Elko, Nevada. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Elko(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mahala Creek West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Double Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
North Fork Humboldt(hydrologic unit)
Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Elko |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 40N | 53E | 12 | Nevada | |
| Mount Diablo | 54E | 07 18 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Model code | 173 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 26a.1 |
| Deposit model name | Sediment-hosted Au |
| Mark3 model number | 17 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock | ||
| Rock type qualifier | calcareous marine | ||
| |||
| (1) | -115.95377, 41.37379 |
|---|
| General form | irregular to lenticular |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | Yes |
| Year of first production | 1997 |
| District name | Independence Mountains |
|---|---|
| District name | Jerritt Canyon District |
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Humboldt National Forest, Mountain City Ranger District |
| Ownership category | Private |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Queenstake Resources |
| Year | 2006 |
NBMG MI-94, MI-97
EIS 1993 (NBMG MD79A, I36); EIS 1994 (NBMG MD79A, I35); EIS 1995 (NBMG MD79A, I39); EIS 1996 (NBMG MD79A, I41)
NBMG Bull 106
Double Mtn. Land Status Map, 1978
GSN SP28
website http://www.meridiangold.com/PROJECTS/JERRITT/jerritt.htm
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Jerritt Canyon deposits are Carlin-type replacement gold occurrences hosted by calcareous Paleozoic marine sediments. Tectonic and volcanic activity has led to complex faulting and folding which have created favourable sites for gold mineralization. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-2006 | 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. |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
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