Significant Deposits

Tracts blank M's to blank Z's

GIS DATA  Location Classification   Past Production (Amount Recovered) Remaining Resources    
Layer Tract Map No. Deposit District County State Long Lat No. Deposit Type No. Alternative deposit types Environmental Model Discovery Year Production Dates Tonnage thousand metric t Au metric t Ag metric t Cu thousand metric t Pb thousand metric t Zn thousand metric t OtherProduction References: Production Resource Year Tonnage thousand metric t Au metric t Ag metric t Cu thousand metric t Pb thousand metric t Zn thousand metric t Other Grades References: Resources Comments Operators
     

Maitland

Whitewood

Lawrence

SD -103.795 44.391 22b

Alkaline Au-Te

 

 

Au-Ag-Te vein

by 1902 1902-1942

419

4

3

no no no

 

Allsman, 1940; USBM Minerals Yearbook, 1938-1942

 

 

 

       

 

 

 

Canyon Corp.
     

Maltbys Mound

Norwegian Creek

Madison

MT -111.781 45.592  

Unclassified

 

 

 

1898  

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

8,000

8

unk no no no

 

ME 5/91 p. 502

 

Cloverleaf Gold
     

Mammoth

Goldfield

Pinal, Maricopa

AZ -111.488 33.458  

Unclassified

 

Epithermal vein

 

  1910-1959

21

0.2

0.1

neg no no

 

Keith and others, 1983

1916

3,367

14

unk unk no no

 

Anaconda Copper Co., 1916

Resource probably includes Golden Hillside project (1,160,000 metric t at 3.4 gpt Au, Randol 1996)

Waltzing Dutchman Mining
     

Manzanita

Nevada City

Nevada

CA -121.128 39.270 39a

Placer Au

 

 

 

1850 1850-1894

 

8

unk no no no

 

Clark, 1970

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
     

Masonic

Masonic

Mono

CA -119.117 38.367 25e

Epithermal Au, quartz-alunite

 

 

Epithermal quartz-alunite Au

1902 1902-1959

68

2

1

neg no no

 

USBM Production Data 1902-59

1988

964

2

26

neg no no

 

Randol 1990

 

Precision International Resources
     

Massachusetts Hill

Grass Valley

Nevada

CA -121.006 39.249 36a

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

 

 

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

1850 1850-1901

254

6

unk no no no

 

McQuiston, 1986

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
     

McCracken

McCracken

Mohave

AZ -113.775 34.441  

Unclassified

 

 

 

1874 1911-1981

157

neg

22

neg

1

neg

45 kg molybdenum

Keith and others, 1983

1986

360

unk

100

unk unk unk

 

Niemuth, 1987

 

 
     

Meadow Lake (Excelsior)

Meadow Lake

Nevada

CA -120.521 39.397 36a

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

 

 

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

1863 1865-1905

>9

0.3

unk no no no

 

Clark, 1970; USBM Production Data 1902-05

1987

540

3

unk

no no no

 

AMH 1993 entry for Earth Sciences

 

Earth Sciences
     

Michigan Bar (Sloughouse)

Michigan Bar (Sloughouse)

Sacramento

CA -121.086 38.474 39a

Placer Au

 

 

 

by 1850 1850-1940's

 

>53

unk no no no

 

Clark, 1970

 

 

 

       

 

 

 

 
     

Midway

Rye Patch

Nye

NV -117.082 38.245 25a

Hot spring Au-Ag

 

 

 

1903              

 

 

1996 unk

8

unk no no no

 

MR 3/12/97

 

Tombstone Exploration
     

Mike

Maggie Creek

Eureka

NV -116.247 40.806  

Unclassified

26a

Sediment-hosted Au

 

1989   no no no no no no

 

 

1996 unk

131

unk

340

no no

 

Teal and Branham, 1997

 

 
     

Mogul (Horseshoe)

Ruby Basin

Lawrence

SD -103.819 44.325 22b

Alkaline Au-Te

 

 

Au-Ag-Te vein

1877 1893-1917

>823

9

>14

no no no

 

Allsman, 1940

1919

450

3

unk no no no

 

Allsman, 1940

 

Wharf Resources
     

Mohave

Virginia

Mohave

AZ -114.396 35.039  

Unclassified

 

 

 

by 1897 1907-1955

69

0.6

0.6

neg neg no

 

Keith and others, 1983

 

 

2

unk no no no

 

Randol 1996

 

Combined Metals Reduction
     

Monte Cristo - Silverton placers

Monte Cristo

Snohomish

WA -121.583 48.083 39a

Placer Au

 

 

 

1886    

11

unk no no no

 

MacLaren and others, 1966

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 
     

Moonlight Valley

Lights Creek

Plumas

CA -120.797 40.231 17

Porphyry Cu

 

 

Porphyry Cu

1966   no no no no no no

 

 

1972

160,000

8

494

605

no no

 

Amex, 1972

About 330,000,000 metric t material with about 0.3% Cu at a lower cut-off grade.

 
     

Mouat

Stillwater

Stillwater

MT -109.892 45.383 1

Stillwater Ni-Cu

 

 

Magmatic sulfide

1883  

 

 

 

     

 

 

1989

177,000

unk unk

443

no no

0.25% Ni, 0.025% Co

Avery and others, 1989

 

Stillwater Mining
     

Mount Baker

Mount Baker

Whatcom

WA -121.633 48.917 22c

Vein, polymetallic

 

 

Polymetallic vein and replacement

1897 1897-1948

>117

2

2

neg neg no

 

Moen, 1969; USBM Production Data 1903-48

1988

3,700

5

332

no no no

 

USBM Minerals Yearbook 1988

Resource at Great Excelsior mine.

 
     

Mountain View

Deephole

Washoe

NV -119.507 40.855 25a

Hot Spring Au-Ag

 

 

 

1908 1938-1951

6

0.05

0.2

neg neg no

 

Bonham, 1969

1995

17,800

17

unk no no no

 

Canyon Resources 1995 SEC Form 10K

 

Canyon Resources - Mountain View Gold
     

Mountaineer

Nevada City

Nevada

CA -121.026 39.257 36a

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

 

 

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

  -1913

 

3 to 4.5

unk no no no

 

Clark, 1970

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
     

Murchie

Nevada City

Nevada

CA -120.987 39.265 36a

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

 

 

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

  1878-1938

643

9

>26.2

neg neg no

 

MacBoyle, 1919; USBM Production Data 1902-31; McQuiston, 1986

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
     

Nevada Packard

Rochester

Pershing

NV -118.179 40.262 19c

Distal disseminated Ag-Au

 

 

 

~1912   unk unk unk unk unk unk

 

 

1995

5,400

2

392

no no no

 

Struhsacker and others, 1996

Production included with Rochester.

Packard Mining
     

New Pass

New Pass

Churchill, Lander

NV -117.458 39.667  

Unclassified

 

 

 

1864 or 1865 1868-1964

32

unk unk unk unk unk

 

Stewart and others, 1977

1994

3,100

4

unk no no no

 

NMI95

 

Quest USA Resources - White Knight Resources
     

New York Hill

Grass Valley

Nevada

CA -121.075 39.199 36a

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

 

 

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

by 1852 1852-1894

91

2

unk no no no

 

McQuiston, 1986

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
     

Nivloc

Red Mountain

Esmeralda

NV -117.757 37.716 25c

Epithermal vein, Comstock

 

 

Creede, Comstock and Sado epithermal vein

1907 1937-1943

>277

>0.4

>106

no no no

 

Forrest, 1974

1974

2,800

3

468

no no no

 

Forrest, 1974

 

Sunshine
     

Nye Basin - Chrome Lake

Stillwater

Stillwater

MT -109.833 45.371 1

Stillwater Ni-Cu

 

 

Magmatic sulfide

1883  

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

340,000

unk unk

850

no no

0.25% Ni, 0.025% Co

Avery and others, 1989

 

Stillwater Mining
     

Ochre Springs

Gold Hill (Clifton)

Tooele

UT -113.851 40.146 26a

Sediment-hosted Au

 

 

Sediment-hosted Au

    no no no no no no

 

 

  unk

2.3

unk no no no

 

Maher, 1997

 

 
     

OK

Beaver Lake

Beaver

UT -113.300 38.480 17

Porphyry Cu

 

Breccia pipe

Porphyry Cu

1871 1870-1973

>900

neg

4

8

neg no

 

Whelan, 1974; Posey, 1994

 

9,000 to 10,000

unk unk 41 to 55 no no

0.023% Mo

ME 5/97

 

Centurion Mines
     

Olinghouse

Olinghouse

Washoe

NV -119.408 39.670 25c

Epithermal vein, Comstock

 

 

Creede, Comstock and Sado epithermal vein

1864 1898-1957

>22

1

1

neg neg no

 

Bonham, 1969

1996

20,639

21

unk no no no

 

Alta Gold 1996 SEC Form 10K

 

Alta Gold
     

Omaha - Lone Jack - Homeward Bound - Wisconsin

Grass Valley

Nevada

CA -121.063 39.187 36a

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

 

 

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

1855 1855-1899

200

5

unk no no no

 

McQuiston, 1986

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
     

Oneida

Jackson - Plymouth

Amador

CA -120.787 38.374 36a

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

 

 

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

1851 1867-1911

>276

>3.8

>0.3

no no no

 

Carlson and Clark, 1954; USBM Production Data 1902-1911

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
     

Oregon Gulch

Oregon Gulch

Fremont

WY -108.833 42.317 39a

Placer Au

 

 

 

1863 1894-1896  

0.2

no no no no

 

Love and others, 1978

   

815

unk no no no

 

Love and others, 1978

   
     

Original

Clearinghouse

Mariposa

CA -119.864 37.673 36a

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

 

 

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

1908 1911-1937

159

2

1

neg neg no

 

Bowen and Gray, 1957

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
     

Pan American

Comet

Lincoln

NV -114.606 37.871 19a

Polymetallic replacement

 

 

Polymetallic vein and replacement

1882 1913-1951

25

0.05

7

neg

1

1

Tungsten

Tschanz and Pampeyan, 1970

1982

1,992

unk

141

unk

23

49

 

Lowe and others, 1985

 

Combined Metals Reduction
     

Paradise Valley

Paradise Valley

Humboldt

NV -117.483 41.167  

Unclassified

 

 

 

1868 1868-1959 unk

2

unk unk unk unk

 

Koschmann and Bergendahl, 1968

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
     

Pass Peak Formation

 

Teton

WY -110.292 43.988 39a

Placer Au

 

 

 

  no no no no no no no

 

 

   

1,431

unk no no no

 

Harris and others, 1985

More than 1,431 metric t of gold in Pass Peak Formation.

 
     

Pennsylvania - W.Y.O.D.

Grass Valley

Nevada

CA -121.055 39.209 36a

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

 

 

 

1870 1890-1909

>146

4

unk no no no

 

Johnston, 1940

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
     

Philo

 

Snohomish

WA -121.354 47.986 22c

Vein, polymetallic

 

 

Polymetallic vein and replacement

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1983

330

4

9

neg

1

31

0.18% Sb

Johnson and others, 1983

 

 
     

Pilgrim

Pilgrim

Mohave

AZ -114.359 35.388  

Unclassified

 

 

 

early 1930's 1929-1945

255

1.5

2

no no no

 

Keith and others, 1983

1987

450

1.0

unk no no no

 

Randol 1990

 

 
     

Pima

Pima

Pima

AZ -111.093 31.973 22c

Vein, polymetallic, porphyry Cu-related

18b

Skarn, Cu

Polymetallic vein and replacement

  1880-1960's

2,751

neg

168

82

34

60

 

Keith and others, 1983; Titley and Anthony, 1989

 

 

 

       

 

 

Includes production from San Xavier, Mineral Hill, Daisy, Copper Glance, and Copper Queen mines.

 
     

Pine Flat

Pine Flat

Yavapai

AZ -112.352 34.369 21a

Porphyry Cu-Mo

 

 

Porphyry Cu

by 1920's   no no no no no no

 

 

1975

23,000

unk unk

82

no no

Molybdenum

Spatz, 1995

 

 
     

Planet-Mineral Hill

Planet

La Paz

AZ -113.958 34.246 40a

Detachment-fault-related polymetallic

 

 

 

1863 1862-1970

920

neg neg

9

no no

Some 378 metric t manganese ore from which 108 metric t manganese were recovered.

Keith and others, 1983

1960

5,230

unk unk

287

neg unk

43% Fe

Harrer, 1964

Resource probably includes Golden West project (1,800,000 metric t at 10 to 14 gpt Au, AMH 1993 entry for PIC Prospectors International)

Almaden Resources - Starx Resources - HRC Development
     

Pogo

Goodpaster

Southeast Fairbanks

AK -144.917 64.467  

 

 

 

 

    no no no no no no

 

 

1997

9,935

140

unk no no no

 

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 12/17/97

 

 
     

Pony Creek

Larrabee

Elko

NV -115.958 40.358  

Unclassified

 

Epithermal vein

 

1980s   no no no no no no

 

 

1996

1,020

2

unk no no no

 

Quest International 1996 SEC Form 20-F

 

Quest USA Resources
     

Potholes

Potholes

Imperial

CA -114.504 32.829 39a

Placer Au

 

 

 

1780 1780-1930's

 

3

unk no no no

 

Clark, 1970

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
     

Potosi-Palmer-Valle Mines

Southeast Missouri

Jefferson, Washington

MO -90.500 38.017 32

Mississippi Valley

32a

Southeast Missouri Pb-Zn

Mississippi Valley-type Pb-Zn

by 1720 1725-1959

>270

no no no

163

49

Barite

Wharton, 1975

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
     

Pumpkin Hollow (Lyon)

Yerington

Lyon

NV -119.051 38.940 18d

Skarn, Fe

 

 

Fe skarn

1960   no no no no no no

 

 

 

230,000

11

unk

1,200

no no

~30% Fe

Matlock and Ohlin, 1996

 

International Taurus - Cyprus-Amax - USX
     

Racey

 

Malheur

OR -117.719 44.422 25a

Hot spring Au-Ag

 

 

 

by 1989   no no no no no no

 

 

1996

82,000

62

unk no no no

 

AMH 1997 entry for Ican Minerals

Potential resource.

Ican Minerals
     

Railroad (Bullion)

3

Elko

NV -116.000 40.533 26a

Sediment-hosted Au

 

 

Sediment-hosted Au

1988   no no no no no no

 

 

 

1,400

4

unk no no no

 

LaPointe and others, 1991

 

Amax Gold - Westmont
     

Red Hills

Red Hills

Pinal

AZ -111.216 33.036 17

Porphyry Cu

 

 

Porphyry Cu

by 1958 1919-1929 neg no no neg no no

 

Keith and others, 1983

 

454,000

unk unk

454

no no

 

Williams and Forrester, 1995

 

 
     

Republic - Mammoth - Burro

Cochise

Cochise

AZ -110.064 32.100 18b

Skarn, Cu

 

 

Cu, Au, and Pb-Zn skarn

by 1881 1904-1961

1,100

neg 14 27 neg 40

 

USBM Minerals Yearbook and Production Data 1904-61

 

54,000

unk

373

327

unk

435

 

PCIA 1990

Resource is Burro (Strong & Harris) orebody.

AZCO Mining
     

Rich Bar

Rich Bar

Plumas

CA -121.185 40.022 39a

Placer Au

 

 

 

1850 1850-1860's

 

14

unk no no no

 

Clark, 1970

 

 

 

       

 

 

 

 
     

Rich Hill (Yarnell)

Rich Hill

Yavapai

AZ -112.689 34.142  

Vein, Congress-type

 

 

 

1863 1895-1970

676

6

6

neg neg no

 

 

1984

7,600

11

unk no no no

 

Randol, 1990

 

Bema Gold
     

Robinson Dyke

Dixie

Idaho

ID -115.492 45.523  

Unclassified

 

 

 

1904 1935-1936

7

neg unk no no no

 

Roberts, 1939

1990

1,790

2

unk no no no

 

Canyon Resources 1990 SEC Form 10K

 

Canyon Resources
     

Rock Peak

Noxon

Sanders

MT -115.604 48.069 30b

Sediment-hosted Cu, Revett

 

 

Sediment-hosted Cu

1890   no no no no no no

 

 

 

3,800

neg

236

23

no no

 

Kirkham, 1989

 

 
     

Rossi (Storm)

Bootstrap

Elko

NV -116.425 41.068 26a

Sediment-hosted Au

 

 

Sediment-hosted Au

1990   no no no no no no

 

 

1997

2,800

36

unk no no no

 

Meridian Gold 1997 SEC Form 20F

 

Meridian Gold
     

Ruby (Montana)

Oro Blanco

Santa Cruz

AZ -111.235 31.458 22c

Vein, polymetallic

 

 

 

early 1870's 1903-1976

787

1

132

2

27

22

 

Keith and others, 1983

1986

640

unk

22

unk unk unk

 

Niemuth, 1987

Reserves are tailings.

 
     

Rush Valley (Stockton)

Rush Valley (Stockton)

Tooele

UT -112.333 40.467 22c

Vein, polymetallic

19a

Polymetallic replacement

Polymetallic vein and replacement

1864 1870-1976

>1,993

3

340

8

199

70

 

Perry and McCarthy, 1977

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 
     

San Francisco

San Francisco

Beaver

UT -113.338 38.467 19a

Polymetallic replacement

 

Vein, polymetallic; Skarn Cu; Distal disseminated Ag-Au

Polymetallic vein and replacement

1871 1870-1976

 

1

596

21

183

20

 

Perry and McCarthy, 1977

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Horn Silver Mining
     

Saval - Steer Canyon

Independence Mountains

Elko

NV -115.987 41.367 26a

Sediment-hosted Au

 

 

Sediment-hosted Au

by 1986 1996            

 

 

1988

1,730

7

unk no no no

 

Schmauch and others, 1992

Saval Canyon resources included in Jerritt Canyon after 1988. Production included in Jerritt Canyon

Independence - Meridian Gold
     

Schwartz Canyon

Patterson (Cave)

Lincoln

NV -114.728 38.630 18c

Skarn, Zn-Pb

 

 

Cu, Au, and Pb-Zn skarn

    no no no no no no

 

 

1986

6,000

unk unk unk unk

66

Tungsten

Van Loenen and others, 1987

 

 
     

Scotts Flat

Scotts Flat

Nevada

CA -120.867 39.417 39a

Placer Au

 

 

 

1850's 1850's-1880's

 

sig unk no no no

 

Lindgren, 1911; Jarman, 1927

 

 

1

unk no no no

 

Yeend, 1974

Resource much larger with up to 107,000,000 cubic meters material of unknown grade.

 
     

Seacrest

Silver Creek

Snohomish

WA -121.416 47.954 21a

Porphyry Cu-Mo

6b

Dunitic Ni-Cu?

Porphyry Cu

by 1967  

 

 

 

     

 

 

1968

>5,000

unk unk

>10

no no

0.24% Ni, 0.34% Cr

Johnson and others, 1983

Resource is much larger than figure given. A porphyry Cu-Mo deposit overprinting older Ni-Cr mineralization.

 
     

Searchlight

Searchlight

Clark

NV -114.917 35.466 25c

Epithermal vein, Comstock

 

 

Creede, Comstock and Sado epithermal vein

1897 1902-1962

527

8

11

neg neg no

 

Longwell and others, 1965

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Borneo Gold
     

Sentinal Peak

 

Inyo

CA -117.122 36.097  

Unclassified

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

540 to 725

<1.2

411 to 547 5 to 7 5 to 7  

 

Vredenburgh, 1988

 

 
     

SFS - Longshot Ridge (New York Canyon)

Santa Fe

Mineral

NV -118.075 38.4920 17

Porphyry Cu

 

 

Porphyry Cu

1970s   no no no no no no

 

 

1992

159,000

unk unk

730

no no

 

Callicrate and others, 1996

 

Kookaburra Gold
     

Shaws Flat

Sonora

Tuolumne

CA -120.416 38.009 39a

Placer Au

 

 

 

1848 1848-1899

 

9

unk no no no

 

Clark, 1970

 

 

 

       

 

 

 

 
     

Sheep Creek

Bonnifield

Yukon-Koyokuk

AK -148.280 63.900 28a

Massive sulfide, kuroko

 

 

Volcanic-associated massive sulfide

    no no no no no no

 

 

 

5,400

unk

56

unk

33

76

 

Newberry and others, 1997

 

 
     

Sherman

California Horseshoe

Lake Park

CO -106.179 39.223 19a

Polymetallic replacement

 

Sherman-type

Polymetallic vein and replacement

  1973-1984

645

neg

228

unk

>2

unk

 

Beaty and others, 1990; Day Mines SEC Form 10K 1975-80; Hecla SEC Form 10K 1981-84

 

 

 

       

 

 

Reserves depleted.

Leadville Corp.
     

Silver City lode deposits

Silver City

Lyon

NV -119.617 39.227 25c

Epithermal vein, Comstock

 

 

Creede, Comstock and Sado epithermal vein

1849 1871-1940

611

6

236

unk unk no

 

Mosier and others, 1986

 

 

         

 

 

 

 
     

Silver Creek

Stinkingwater

Park

WY -109.683 44.029 17

Porphyry Cu

 

 

Porphyry Cu

  no no no no no no no

 

 

 

25,000

unk unk

123

no no

 

Hausel, 1989

Only part of deposit delineated by limited drilling.

Timberline Resources
     

Siskon

Dillon Creek

Siskiyou

CA -123.642 41.579 28a

Massive sulfide, kuroko

 

 

Volcanic-associated massive sulfide

1917 1953-1960

>270

3

31

no no no

 

Randol 1996

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gossan mined for Au 1953-1960. Substantial sulfide resource remains, perhaps up to 2,700,000 metric t material.

Amada Mineral
     

Smartsville

Smartsville

Yuba, Nevada

CA -121.866 39.208 39a

Placer Au

 

 

 

1854 1855-1879

 

20

unk no no no

 

Clark, 1970

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
     

Sonora

Sonora

Tuolumne

CA -120.383 37.987 39a

Placer Au

 

 

 

1848 1848-1860's

 

17

unk no no no

 

Clark, 1970

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 
     

South Fork Couer d'Alene River tailings

Beaver, Evolution, Hunter, Lelande, Placer Center, Yreka

Shoshone

ID -115.980 47.508  

Tailings

 

 

 

N/A 1910-1961

6,174

neg

149

1

49

53

 

Mitchell and Bennett, 1983

  unk unk sig unk sig sig

 

 

 

 
     

South Pass - Atlantic City

South Pass - Atlantic City

Fremont

WY -108.700 42.500 39a

Placer Au

 

 

 

1842 1867-1953

 

3

unk no no no

 

Bayley and others, 1973; USBM Production Data

 

 

sig sig no no no

 

 

Small production of placer Au since 1953. Large paleoplacer resource.

 
     

Southwest Tintic

Tintic

Juab

UT -112.125 39.858 17

Porphyry Cu

 

 

Porphyry Cu

1960s   no no no no no no

 

 

1994

559,000

unk unk

1,565

no no

0.019% Mo

Krahulec, 1996; Randol 1996

 

Centurion Mines
     

Spanish

Washington

Nevada

CA -120.786 39.382 36a

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

 

 

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

1883 1931-1944

144

1

13

neg neg neg

 

USBM Production Data 1931-44

1989

2,200

4

unk unk unk unk

 

AMH 1996 entry for International Panorama Resources

An additional 9 metric t Au potential reserve.

International Panorama Resources
     

Squaw Peak

Squaw Peak

Yavapai

AZ -111.856 34.483 17

Porphyry Cu

 

 

Porphyry Cu

before 1915 1934-1946

2

neg

0.2

neg neg neg

 

Keith and others, 1983

1976

18,000

unk unk

73

no no

 

PCIA 1992

Also produced 3 metric t of Mo.

Squaw Peak Copper
     

Standard

Imlay

Pershing

NV -118.257 40.363 25a

Hot spring Au-Ag

 

 

 

1932 1932-1951

800

1

3

no no no

 

NMI84

1992

6,350

7

unk no no no

 

Randol 1993?

 

Cordex
     

Standard Hill

Mohave - Rosamond

Kern

CA -118.170 35.006 25e

Epithermal Au, quartz-alunite

 

 

Epithermal quartz-alunite Au

1894 1902-1988

730

3

13

no no no

 

Randol 1988-90; USBM Production Data 1902-56

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reserves depleted 1988.

Billeton
     

Starvation Canyon

Independence Mountains

Elko

NV -116.083 41.267 26a

Sediment-hosted Au

 

 

Sediment-hosted Au

by 1988   no no no no no no

 

 

1988

900

5

unk no no no

 

Schmauch and others, 1992

 

Independence - FMC Gold
     

Sugarloaf

Sugarloaf

Boulder

CO -105.407 40.019 22c

Vein, polymetallic

 

 

Polymetallic vein and replacement

1859 1902-1951

211

3

35

neg neg neg

 

USBM Minerals Yearbooks and Production Data 1902-51

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

Production records incomplete.

 
     

Sulphide Ridge

Lights Creek

Plumas

CA -120.754 40.225 17

Porphyry Cu

 

 

 

1968?   no no no no no no

 

 

1972

>9,000

unk unk

>23

no no

 

Amex, 1972

Much additional material at the same grade.

California-Engels Mining
     

Sultana - Orleans

Grass Valley

Nevada

CA -121.038 39.194 36a

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

 

 

 

by 1856 1864-1942

360

11

unk no no no

 

McQuiston, 1986

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
     

Sunnyside

Harshaw

Santa Cruz

AZ -110.746 31.451 21a

Porphyry Cu-Mo

 

 

Porphyry Cu

1970's   no no no no no no

 

 

 

180,000

unk

93

1,089

no no

0.02% Mo

Graybeal, 1996 and talk at Bootprints Symposium, Tucson Arizona, Oct. 1995

Deep resource.

Asarco
     

Sunshine Creek

Squirrel River (Ambler)

Northwest Arctic

AK -156.632 67.219 28a

Massive sulfide, kuroko

 

 

Volcanic-associated massive sulfide

    no no no no no no

 

 

 

3,600

unk

124

73

unk

109

 

Newberry and others, 1997

 

 
     

Superior

Lights Creek

Plumas

CA -126.772 40.203 17

Porphyry Cu

 

 

 

1964   no no no no no no

 

 

1972

91,000

3

93

299

no no

 

Amex, 1972

 

California-Engels Mining
     

Superior East

Miami-Inspiration

Pinal/Gila

AZ -110.999 33.378 17

Porphyry Cu

 

 

Porphyry Cu

1975   no no no no no no

 

 

 

900,000

unk unk

4,536

no no

 

Long, 1992

 

Asarco
     

Sweetwater

Sweetwater

McMinn

TN -84.542 35.517 32

Mississippi Valley

 

 

Mississippi Valley-type Pb-Zn

    no no no no no no

Barite

 

 

23,700

no no no no

145

7.4% barite; 15.3% fluorite

Robertson Mine-Info; AMH 1997 entry for Silverspar Minerals

 

Silverspar Resources
     

Tarryall Creek

Tarryall

Park

CO -105.393 39.075 39a

Placer Au

 

 

 

1859 1859-1947

 

>2

>0.3

no no no

 

Singewald, 1950; USBM Minerals Yearbooks 1939-47

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
     

Taylor

Taylor

White Pine

NV -114.680 39.080 19a

Polymetallic replacement

 

 

Polymetallic vein and replacement

1868 1868-1964

155

0.07

88

neg neg neg

 

Havenstrite, 1983

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
     

Telegraph

Halloran Springs

San Bernardino

CA -115.830 35.383  

Unclassified

 

 

 

1930 1932-1938

>17

0.1

unk no no no

 

Tucker and Sampson, 1943

1990

653

11

26

no no no

 

Randol 1990

An additional 1.5 million metric t possible reserve of unstated grade.

Cascade Energy & Metals - Telegraph Gold
     

Three R

Palmetto

Santa Cruz

AZ -110.764 31.484 22c

Vein, polymetallic, porphyry Cu-related

17

Porphyry Cu

Polymetallic vein and replacement

1897 1908-1976

600

1

153

6

31

17

 

Keith and others, 1983

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deep (3,000 ft) porphyry copper deposit at Three R of unknown size and grade.

Silver Eagle Resources - Brancote
     

Tolstoi

Innoko - Tolstoi

Yukon-Koyokuk

AK -156.980 62.880 39a

Placer Au

 

 

 

1907 1915-1967  

3.5

0.3

no no no

 

Bundtzen and Miller, 1997

 

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

 
     

Trade Dollar - Black Jack

De Lamar

Owyhee

ID -116.743 43.009 25a

Hot spring Au-Ag

 

 

 

1865 1865-1910

>99

4

480

no no no

 

Piper and Laney, 1926

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
     

Trench

Harshaw

Santa Cruz

AZ -110.728 31.464 22c

Vein, polymetallic, porphyry Cu-related

 

 

Polymetallic vein and replacement

1850's 1858-1945

215

unk

96

unk

18

14

 

Keith, 1975

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
     

Tropico Hill

Mohave - Rosamond

Kern

CA -118.231 34.878 25e

Epithermal Au, quartz-alunite

 

 

Epithermal quartz-alunite Au

1894 1902-1956

311

4

8

no no no

 

USBM Production Data 1902-56

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
     

Trout Creek - South Bullion

Railroad

Elko

NV -115.996 40.459 26a

Sediment-hosted Au

 

 

Sediment-hosted Au

1980   no no no no no no

 

 

1989

>18,000

21

unk no no no

 

Putnam and Henriques, 1991; Jackson and Ruetz, 1991

Single deposit split between two owners.

Teck - Newmont Gold
     

True North

Fairbanks

Fairbanks-North Star

AK -147.560 65.053 36a

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

 

 

Low sulfide Au-qtz vein

by 1912   no no no no no no

 

 

1996

16,518

41

unk no no no

 

La Teko 1997 SEC Form 10K

Total geologic resource.

Newmont Gold - La Teko Resources
     

Turf

Lynn

Eureka

NV -116.300 40.900 26a

Sediment-hosted Au

 

 

Sediment-hosted Au

1994   no no no no no no

 

 

1996

2,296

29

unk no no no

 

Teal and Jackson, 1997

 

Newmont Gold
     

Turquoise Ridge - Powder Hill - Bud Hill

Potosi

Humboldt

NV -117.258 41.217 26a

Sediment-hosted Au

 

 

Sediment-hosted Au

1993   no no no no no no

 

 

1997

10,038

136

unk no no no

 

Getchell Gold 1997 SEC Form 10K

 

Getchell Gold
     

Two Peaks

Mine Canyon

Cochise, Pima

AZ -110.462 31.768 17

Porphyry Cu

 

 

Porphyry Cu

  1915-1959

2

neg

0.1

neg no no

 

Keith and others, 1983

 

29,000

unk unk

87

no no

 

PCIA 1992

 

Dugan Production
     

U.S. (Bighorn)

Osborne

Maricopa

AZ -113.026 33.722 40a

Detachment-fault-related polymetallic

 

 

 

1942 1916-1989

>260

>0.6

>6

neg

4

neg

 

Keith and others, 1983; Belmoral Mines 1988-89 SEC Form 20F

1989

851

1.5

unk no no no

 

Balmoral Mines 1989 SEC Form 20F

Includes production for district from 1916-57.

Roddy Resources
     

UVX

Verde

Yavapai

AZ -112.112 34.754 28a

Massive sulfide, kuroko

 

 

Volcanic-associated massive sulfide

1911  

3,500

5

206

360

no no

 

Donnelly and Conway, 1988

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arizona Resources
     

Van Deeman

El Dorado Pass

Mohave

AZ -114.573 34.790  

Unclassified

 

 

 

1930's 1892-1949

16

0.2

0.2

neg neg no

 

Keith and others, 1983

1989

2,760

4

unk no no no

 

Randol 1990

 

Arizona Star Resources
     

Victoria

Dolly Varden

Elko

NV -114.551 40.329 17

Porphyry Cu

 

Breccia pipe

Porphyry Cu

1869 1908-1981

544

neg

5

17

neg no

Bismuth

LaPointe and others, 1991; Anaconda 1973-1977 Annual Reports; Day Mines 1980 Annual Report; Hecla 1982-1983 Annual Reports

1981

1,247

unk

15

32

no no

 

Hecla 1983 Annual Report

Early production unknown.

Hecla
     

Victorine

Kingston

Lander

NV -117.134 39.230 22c

Vein, polymetallic

 

 

Polymetallic vein and replacement

1862 1937-1989

577

3

6

neg no no

 

USBM Minerals Yearbooks 1937-41; Nevada Goldfields 1989-1990 SEC Form 20F

1993

850

5

unk no no no

 

Randol 1996

 

Verdstone Gold - Stirrup Creek Gold
     

Vulture

Vulture

Maricopa

AZ -112.835 33.821 22c

Vein, polymetallic

 

 

Polymetallic vein and replacement

1863 1867-1966

880

11

8

neg neg no

 

Keith and others, 1983

1986

907

9

unk no no no

 

Niemuth, 1987

Resource includes: (1) Reserve 230,000 metric t at 13 gpt Au; (2) Tailings 230,000 metric t at 11 gpt Au; (3) Possible deep extention 450,000 metric t at 9 gpt Au.

 
     

Walker

Walker

Yavapai

AZ -112.392 34.457  

Unclassified

 

 

 

1860's 1887-1975

193

2

27

2

2

neg

 

Keith and others, 1983

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Includes Poland and Sheldon mines.

 
     

Walker

Lights Creek

Plumas

CA -120.668 39.962  

Vein, Cu

 

 

 

1904 1916-1949

4,818

5

107

72

no no

 

Long, 1995

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Substantial resource of unkown size and grade remains.

 
     

Wallapai

Wallapai

Mohave

AZ -114.103 35.345 22c

Vein, polymetallic, porphyry Cu-related

 

 

Polymetallic vein and replacement

  1901-1950's?

>472

>1.3

>88

19

36

57

 

Keith and others, 1983

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
     

Wasp No. 2

Yellow Creek

Lawrence

SD -103.378 44.324 22b

Alkaline Au-Te

 

 

Au-Ag-Te vein

1893 1893-1922

>1,100

4

>5

no no no

Tungsten

Allsman, 1940; Clow, 1985

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Homestake
     

West Leeville

Lynn

Eureka

NV -116.321 40.933 26a

Sediment-hosted Au

 

 

Sediment-hosted Au

1994   no no no no no no

 

 

1996

6,612

99

unk no no no

 

Teal and Jackson, 1997

 

Newmont Gold
     

White Hills

White Hills

Mohave

AZ -114.382 35.737  

Unclassified

 

 

 

1892 1906-1969

23

neg

2

neg neg no

 

Keith and others, 1983

1987

318

3

109

no no no

 

Randol 1990

 

 
     

White Mesa

White Mesa

Coconino

AZ -111.451 36.636 30b

Sediment-hosted Cu

 

 

Sediment-hosted Cu

1882 1917-1967

670

neg

0.2

2

no no

 

Keith and others, 1983

 

23,000

unk unk

68

no no

 

PCIA 1992

 

Mesa Mining
     

Wilson - Wheeler

Wilson (Pine Grove)

Lyon

NV -119.092 38.656  

Porphyry Au

 

 

 

1866 1866-1915

162

7.6

unk no no no

 

Jackson, 1996

1992

2,130

5

unk no no no

 

Jackson, 1996

 

Teck - Silver Standard
     

Win-Won (Cloudy Mountain)

Innoko - Tolstoi

Yukon-Koyokuk

AK -156.070 63.220 20b

Vein, polymetallic, Ag-Sn

 

 

 

    no no no no no no

 

 

 

1,937

unk

90

2

no no

 

Bundtzen and Miller, 1997

Resource also contains 11,476 metric t tin.

 
     

WTF

Bonnifield

Yukon-Koyokuk

AK -147.367 63.933 28a

Massive sulfide, kuroko

 

 

Volcanic-associated massive sulfide

    no no no no no no

 

 

 

1,100

2

299

2

38

86

 

Newberry and others, 1997

 

 
     

Young America

Sierra City

Sierra

CA -120.631 39.615 36a

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

 

 

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

1883 1883-1897

 

2

unk no no no

 

Clark, 1970

 

 

 

       

 

 

 

 
     

Yuba

Graniteville

Nevada

CA -120.704 39.353 36a

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

 

 

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

   

 

3

unk no no no

 

MacBoyle, 1919

 

 

 

       

 

 

 

 
     

Zarembo Island

Petersburg - Sumdum

Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon

AK -132.943 56.284 28a

Massive sulfide, kuroko

 

 

Volcanic-associated massive sulfide

    no no no no no no

 

 

 

1,100

0.2

93

neg

4

neg

 

Newberry and others, 1997

 

 
     

Zeibright

Emigrant Gap

Nevada

CA -120.754 39.331 36a

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

 

 

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

  1903-1918

59

0.25

0.05

no no no

 

USBM Production Data 1903-18

 

1,200

7

unk no no no

 

Randol 1996

Production by Empire-Star from 1934 to 1942 unknown.

Pallas Resource
     

Zonia

Zonia

Yavapai

AZ -112.632 34.303 28a

Massive sulfide, kuroko

 

 

Volcanic-associated massive sulfide

  1901-1974

5,164

neg

0.12

14

no no

 

Keith and others, 1983

1995

43,000

unk unk

141

no no

 

Randol 1996

 

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