Dam Creek Deposit

The Dam Creek Deposit is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Dam Creek Deposit

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Jerritt Canyon District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Queenstake Resources
Info Year: 2006

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Sediment-hosted Au; Carlin-type
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: L

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Sediment-hosted Au

Orebody

Form: irregular to lenticular

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Description: marine
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Commodity): Ore Materials: gold

Comment (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.

Comment (Development): Part of the Jerritt Canyon Joint Venture (Queenstake Resources (2006)

Comment (Economic Factors): The Dam Creek orebody in 2006 was estimated to contain 3.5 million metric tonnes of ore grading 0.18 ounces of gold per tonne for a total of 830,000 ounces of gold.

Comment (Location): The Dam Creek deposit is located about a mile east-southeast of the California Mine.

References

Reference (Deposit): NBMG MI-94, MI-97

Reference (Deposit): Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.

Reference (Deposit): website http://www.meridiangold.com/PROJECTS/JERRITT/jerritt.htm
URL: http://www.meridiangold.com/PROJECTS/JERRITT/jerritt.htm

Reference (Deposit): GSN SP28

Reference (Deposit): EIS 1993 (NBMG MD79A, I36); EIS 1994 (NBMG MD79A, I35); EIS 1995 (NBMG MD79A, I39); EIS 1996 (NBMG MD79A, I41)

Reference (Deposit): NBMG Bull 106

Reference (Deposit): Double Mtn. Land Status Map, 1978

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.