Zeke Deposit

The Zeke Deposit is a gold mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,496 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Zeke Deposit
Secondary: Buckhorn South

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Buckhorn District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Battle Mountain District

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Royal Gold Inc.
Info Year: 2006

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: disseminated; fault breccia; vein
Operation Type: Surface
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Form: tabular to irregular

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Description: basaltic flows
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Cambrian

Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Description: fanglomerate
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Tertiary

Name: Basalt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Tertiary

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Commodity): Ore Materials: free gold

Comment (Deposit): The deposit occurs along the same north-trending structure as the Buckhorn Mine just to the north. Drilling about one mile south of the known Zeke deposit has discovered gold mineralization along a structural zone in Tertiary basalt, and to some extent in the Tertiary fanglomerate beneath the volcanic rocks.

Comment (Development): In 1987, a more-than 5000-ft drill program was underway to define and confirm estimated reserves. Buckhorn South is a property of approximately 5,000 acres, subject to 265 unpatented mining claims, located approximately two miles south of the Buckhorn mine. AngloGold North America (formerly Independence Mining Company) was exploring Buckhorn South in 2001. Royal Gold holds a 14% net profits interest royalty on any production from the Buckhorn South property. The property has known mineralized material of 2.4 million tons, with an average grade of 0.046 opt, or approximately 110,000 contained ounces of gold. Whether some or all of this mineralization can be classified to proven and probable reserve status depends upon consideration of further drilling and metallurgical testing results, and application of economic and technical feasibility factors. Drilling about one mile south of the known Zeke deposit has discovered gold mineralization along a structural zone in Tertiary basalt, and to some extent in the Tertiary fanglomerate beneath the volcanic rocks. More drilling is needed to determine if a mineable gold deposit exists in this area, which has been referred to as the ?Royal Zone.?

Comment (Economic Factors): In 1997, Buckhorn and Buckhorn South (Zeke) geologic reserves were reported to be 24 million tons of ore grading 0.046 opt Au. Reserves for the two deposits were not listed separately. In 2001 the Zeke property resource was listed as 2 million tons of material grading 0.056 ounces of gold per ton for a total of 112,000 contained ounces of gold, based on 10,400 feet of drilling done in 1984. Royal Gold reported that the property has a known mineralized material of 2.4 million tons, with an average grade of 0.046 opt, or approximately 110,000 contained ounces of gold.

Comment (Identification): This record incorporates contains all information in earlier MRDS record M242942 for the Zeke Deposit plus additional updateds material.

Comment (Location): The Zeke property consists of 265 unpatented mining claims about 2 miles south of the Buckhorn Mine.

References

Reference (Deposit): Bonham, H.F., 1986, NBMG Map 91.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG Mining District File 108, Press Clippings

Reference (Deposit): Bonham, H.F., 1988, in NBMG MI-1987.

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.

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.