The West Sinter Deposit is a silver and gold mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,900 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 40.21722, -116.48056
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West Sinter Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: West Sinter Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Buckhorn
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Cominco American Resources, Inc./Equinox Resources Ltd. Joint Venture
Owner Name: Cominco American Resources, Inc.
Production
Year: 1989
Time Period: 1988-1989
Material type: ORE AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.073 Opt Gold
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Hot Spring
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1988
Year Last Production: 1989
Discovery Year: 1985
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Two Fault Sets Define Local Structure. An Older Set Of Nnw-Striking Normal Faults Are Downthrown On The West. This Fault Set Appears To Be A Primary Control Of Gold Deposition. A Younger Ene-Striking Range Front Fault Set (E.G. Crescent Fault) Offsets The Older Set And Serves To Localize Mineralization At Structural Intersections.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pervasive Cristobalite-Alunite Associated With Smectite Is Thought To Result From Acid Leaching Of The Deposit During The Last Stages Of Hydrothermal Activity. Lesser Silicification And Possible Decalcification Of Host Rocks.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Alunite
Gangue: Cristobalite
Comments
Comment (Development): IN 1985, GEOLOGIC MAPPING AND LIMITED SOIL GEOCHEMISTRY NNE OF NORTH BUCKHORN PIT LED TO DISCOVERY OF FOSSIL HOT SPRING SYSTEM. IN AUGUST 1985, DRILL HOLE D-13 INTERSECTED WEST SINTER GOLD DEPOSIT DIRECTLY BENEATH A CAP OF SILICEOUS SINTER AND SILICIFIED CLASTIC ROCKS.
Comment (Commodity): AG:AU RATIO OF 1:1
Comment (Location): APPROX. 145 KM BY ROAD SOUTHWEST OF CARLIN, NV ON THE SOUTHEASTERN SLOPE OF THE CORTEZ MTNS.
Comment (Production): MINED AT A 1:1 STRIPPING RATIO.
Comment (Geology): SEDIMENTARY HOST ROCKS ARE PRESUMED TO CORRELATE TO A NEARBY OUTCROPPING LACUSTRINE SEQUENCE. AT WEST SINTER, THESE SEDIMENTS ARE UP TO 25 METERS THICK.
References
Reference (Production): JENNINGS, S., 1991, GEOLOGY OF THE WEST SINTER DEPOSIT AT THE BUCKHORN MINE, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA, IN GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN, SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS, RAINES, G.L., ET AL, EDS., THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 947-956.
Reference (Deposit): JENNINGS, S., 1991, GEOLOGY OF THE WEST SINTER DEPOSIT AT THE BUCKHORN MINE, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA, IN GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN, SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS, RAINES, G.L., ET AL, EDS., THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 947-956
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
