Wright Window Deposit

The Wright Window Deposit is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Wright Window Deposit
Secondary: one of Anglogold?s Jerritt Canyon Joint Venture gold properties

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Jerritt Canyon District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: U.S Forest Service, Elko District

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Queenstake Resources
Info Year: 2006

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Sediment-hosted Au
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Sediment-hosted Au

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Roberts Mountains thrust fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Commodity): Ore Materials: gold

Comment (Development): Jerritt Canyon Joint Venture (AngloGold, Ltd, 70%; Meridian Gold Co., 30%) (2001)

Comment (Economic Factors): In 1986, the remaining resource in the Wright Window deposit was estimated to be about 4.25 kilotonnes of gold and an unknown amount of silver contained in 1180 tons of ore Production in 1992 from this deposit was 3500 oz Au. Total production data was included in Jerritt Canyon Mines total production, and not released as separate production data for each deposit.

References

Reference (Deposit): NBMG, 1996, SP MI95

Reference (Deposit): Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-206A, 33 p.; 98-206B. one 3.5 inch diskette.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG MI-86 thru 98

Reference (Deposit): NBMG Map 91, 2nd, 3rd editions

Reference (Deposit): NBMG Bull. 106

Reference (Deposit): Tuscarora Land Status Map, 1979

Reference (Deposit): Daly and others, 1991

Reference (Deposit): Pay Dirt, Oct 1986

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.