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 |
SEDZ |
SEDZ |
01 |
Franklin |
Franklin-Sterling Hill |
Sussex |
NJ |
-74.590 |
41.120 |
|
Stratabound Zn |
|
Sedimentary exhalative |
|
by 1750 |
1774-1954 |
20,000 to 22,000 |
no |
no |
no |
no |
4,082 |
Manganese, iron |
Palache, 1935; Pinger, 1948;
Pinger, 1950; Brown, 1968; Frondel and Brown, 1974; USBM Minerals Yearbook 1955-86 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
450,000 to 540,000 metric t of magnetite ore remain. Much
low-grade ore not extracted. |
Zinc Corporation of America |
SEDZ |
SEDZ |
02 |
Sterling Hill |
Franklin-Sterling Hill |
Sussex |
NJ |
-74.600 |
41.080 |
|
Stratabound Zn |
|
Sedimentary exhalative |
|
by 1739 |
1875-1986 |
10,000 |
no |
no |
no |
no |
2,177 |
Manganese, iron |
Robbins, 1989; Johnson, 1990 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sterling Hill Mining Co. |
AKMA |
|
89 |
Salt Chuck |
Ketchikan |
Prince of Wales and Outer
Ketchikan |
AK |
-132.558 |
55.633 |
7a |
Synorogenic-synvolcanic Ni-Cu |
|
Gabbroic Ni-Cu |
Magmatic sulfide |
1906 |
1909-1941 |
295 |
0.4 |
1.7 |
2.3 |
|
|
622 kg platinum group metals |
Bundtzen and others, 1996; Watkinson and
Melling, 1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
38 |
San Lazarus |
Old Placers |
Santa Fe |
NM |
-106.176 |
35.239 |
18f |
Skarn, Au |
|
|
Cu, Au, and Pb-Zn skarn |
1800's? |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
AMH 1994 |
1996 |
648 |
4 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Randol 1996 |
|
Stellar Gold - BMR Gold |
|
|
|
Afghan |
|
Eureka |
NV |
|
|
26a |
Sediment-hosted Au |
|
|
Sediment-hosted Au |
|
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
|
1,600 |
3 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Maher, 1997 |
|
Great Basin Exploration and Mining |
|
|
|
Alder Pond |
|
Somerset |
ME |
-70.200 |
45.338 |
28a |
Massive sulfide, kuroko |
|
|
Volcanic-associated massive
sulfide |
1985 |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
1993 |
3,400 |
0.7 |
238 |
83 |
34 |
302 |
|
Beck, F., written communication,
1997 |
|
BHP - Rio Algom |
|
|
|
Allison Ranch |
Grass Valley |
Nevada |
CA |
-121.060 |
39.180 |
36a |
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
|
|
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
1854 |
1854-1920 |
>85 |
5 |
>0.06 |
no |
no |
no |
|
Logan, 1941; USBM Production
Data 1902-1920 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alto |
Alto |
Calaveras |
CA |
-120.605 |
37.894 |
36a |
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
|
|
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
1886 |
1886-1993 |
740 |
2 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Clark and Lydon, 1962; Glamis
Gold 1991-92 SEC Form 20F and 1993 Form 10K |
1992 |
1,400 |
3 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Glamis Gold 1987-92 SEC Form 20F |
|
|
|
|
|
Arnett Creek - Humbug |
Mackinaw |
Lemhi |
ID |
-114.196 |
45.224 |
22c |
Vein, polymetallic, Au-Ag |
|
|
Polymetallic vein and
replacement |
1892 |
1892-1913 |
40 to 80 |
0.3 |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
Reeves and Castagne, 1990 |
1995 |
>14,900 |
31 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Randol 1996; NM 6/12/95 |
Production at Italian mine. Resource for Humbug; additional
12 metric t Au resource at Arnett Creek. |
American Gold Resources |
|
|
|
Ashdown |
Pueblo (Warm Springs) |
Humboldt |
NV |
-118.698 |
41.831 |
22c |
Vein, polymetallic |
|
|
Polymetallic vein and
replacement |
1863 |
1863-1959 |
unk |
0.8 |
unk |
unk |
unk |
unk |
|
Koschmann and Bergendahl, 1968 |
1992 |
1,000 |
5 |
unk |
unk |
unk |
unk |
Molybdenum |
AMH 1997 entry for Win-Eldrich
Mines |
|
Win-Eldrich Mines |
|
|
|
Bald Mountain |
Kirwin |
Park |
WY |
-109.280 |
43.090 |
21a |
Porphyry Cu-Mo |
|
|
Porphyry Cu |
1963 |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
1970 |
178,000 |
unk |
unk |
898 |
no |
no |
0.22% Mo |
Hausel, 1993 |
|
US Forest Service |
|
|
|
Basin Gulch |
|
Granite |
MT |
-113.608 |
46.292 |
|
Unclassified |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1996 |
30,000 |
31 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
ME 5/96 p. 64 |
|
Cable Mountain Mining |
|
|
|
Beebe (Woodside-Eureka) |
Georgetown |
El Dorado |
CA |
-120.835 |
38.911 |
36a |
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
|
|
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
1860 |
1860-1930's |
|
3 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Clark, 1970 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bidwell Bar |
Bidwell Bar |
Butte |
CA |
-121.440 |
39.557 |
39a |
Placer Au |
|
|
|
1848 |
1848-1940's |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1989 |
|
30 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Robertson Info-Mine |
Covered by Oroville Reservoir. |
Bren Mar Resources |
|
|
|
Big Blackfoot |
Lincoln Gulch |
Lewis and Clark |
MT |
-112.756 |
46.943 |
|
Unclassified |
|
|
Polymetallic vein and
replacement |
early 1900's |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1988 |
2,000 |
4 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Avery and others, 1989 |
|
Sunshine |
|
|
|
Big Canyon |
Shingle Springs |
El Dorado |
CA |
-120.904 |
38.611 |
36a |
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
|
|
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
1880's? |
1893-1940 |
>397 |
3 |
>0.5 |
neg |
neg |
no |
|
Clark and Carlson, 1956; USBM
Production Data 1935-40 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earhart, 1988 |
Resource of unknown tonnage at 3 to 7 gpt Au. |
Northern Mines |
|
|
|
Bingham Canyon |
West Mountain |
Salt Lake |
UT |
-112.140 |
40.540 |
18b |
Skarn, Cu |
18a |
Porphyry Cu, skarn related |
Cu, Au, and Pb-Zn skarn |
1860 |
1897-1981 |
13,429 |
35 |
728 |
287 |
no |
no |
|
Krahulec, 1997 |
1996 |
347,250 |
250 |
4,167 |
6,424 |
|
|
0.015% Mo |
Krahulec, 1997 |
Resource at Carr Fork and North Ore Shoot. |
Rio Tinto |
|
|
|
Black Pine |
Blackbird |
Lemhi |
ID |
-114.202 |
45.047 |
24d |
Cu-Co, Blackbird type |
31a |
Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
(Cu-Co rich) |
Blackbird Co-Cu |
|
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
1994 |
11,410 |
unk |
unk |
160 |
no |
no |
Cobalt |
Randol 1996 |
|
Formation Capitol |
|
|
|
Blind Springs |
Blind Springs (Benton) |
Mono |
CA |
-118.489 |
37.775 |
22c |
Vein, polymetallic |
|
|
Polymetallic vein and
replacement |
by 1862 |
1862-1947 |
unk |
neg |
103 |
neg |
unk |
no |
|
Irelan, 1888; USBM Production
Data 1902-47 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Blue Dog |
Weiser |
Washington |
ID |
-116.933 |
44.312 |
25a |
Hot spring Au-Ag |
|
|
|
by 1991 |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
1991 |
5,400 |
5 to 6 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
SEGN#11 |
|
Gold Canyon Resources |
|
|
|
Blue Jacket (Bull Run) |
Aura |
Elko |
NV |
-116.123 |
41.703 |
22c |
Vein, polymetallic |
|
|
Polymetallic vein and
replacement |
1869 |
1869-1974 |
unk |
3 |
136 |
neg |
neg |
neg |
|
LaPointe and others, 1991 |
1989 |
1,800 |
0.3 |
137 |
5 |
36 |
33 |
|
Schmauch and others, 1992 |
Resource estimated by USBM. |
|
|
|
|
Blue Ledge |
Elliot Creek |
Siskiyou |
CA |
-123.094 |
41.980 |
28a |
Massive sulfide, kuroko |
|
|
Volcanic-associated massive
sulfide |
1896 |
1917-1930 |
10 |
0.03 |
2 |
1 |
no |
no |
|
Hundhausen, 1947 |
1980's |
1,500 |
4 |
106 |
54 |
neg |
46 |
|
Randol 1996 |
Metal production adjusted for smelter losses. |
Sikaman Gold Resources |
|
|
|
Blue Tent |
Blue Tent |
Nevada |
CA |
-120.842 |
39.338 |
39a |
Placer Au |
|
|
|
by 1850 |
~1850-1880's |
|
sig |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Lindgren, 1911 |
|
|
0.3 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Yeend, 1974 |
|
|
|
|
|
Bluebird |
Miami-Inspiration |
Gila |
AZ |
-110.904 |
33.410 |
17 |
Porphyry Cu |
|
|
|
1863 |
1968-1982 |
43,737 |
no |
no |
97 |
no |
no |
|
Ranchers 1978-83 Annual Reports;
PCIA 1975-83 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reserves depleted 1983 |
Cyprus-Amax |
|
|
|
Bobcat Gulch |
Eureka |
Lemhi |
ID |
-113.994 |
45.356 |
21a |
Porphyry Cu-Mo |
|
|
Porphyry Cu |
1977 |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
|
54,000 |
unk |
unk |
272 |
no |
no |
Molybdenum |
Randol 1996 |
|
Formation Capitol |
|
|
|
Bonanza |
Sonora |
Tuolumne |
CA |
-120.384 |
37.991 |
36a |
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
|
|
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
|
|
|
2 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Clark, 1970 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Boss - Berg - Black Rock |
Gilbert |
Esmeralda |
NV |
-117.640 |
38.086 |
25c |
Epithermal vein, Comstock |
|
|
Creede, Comstock and Sado
epithermal vein |
1959? |
1988-1990 |
544 |
1 |
0.8 |
no |
no |
no |
|
AMH 1990-92 |
1992 |
1,490 |
1 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Diner and Strachan, 1994 |
Boss mined out. Resource in Berg and Black Rock deposits. |
Mintek Resources |
|
|
|
Boss-Bixby |
Southeast Missouri |
Dent |
MO |
-91.153 |
37.643 |
29b |
Olympic dam Cu-U-Au |
|
|
|
1956 |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
1974 |
36,000 |
neg |
unk |
301 |
no |
no |
18% Fe, 0.035% Co |
Jones, 1974 |
|
|
|
|
|
Brady Glacier |
Porcupine |
Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon |
AK |
-136.933 |
58.550 |
7a |
Synorogenic-synvolcanic Ni-Cu |
|
Gabbroic Ni-Cu |
Magmatic sulfide |
1958 |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
|
91,000 |
unk |
unk |
273 |
no |
no |
0.5% Ni, 0.03% Co, PGM |
Bundtzen and others, 1996 |
Limits of mineralization not determined by drilling; deposit larger than
resource given. |
|
|
|
|
Brandy City |
Brandy City |
Sierra |
CA |
-121.025 |
39.539 |
39a |
Placer Au |
|
|
|
1850 |
1850's-1930's |
|
sig |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Clark, 1970 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Clark, 1970 estimates production at several million dollars
gold. |
|
|
|
|
BT |
Squirrel River (Ambler) |
Northwest Arctic |
AK |
-155.908 |
67.104 |
28a |
Massive sulfide, kuroko |
|
|
Volcanic-associated massive
sulfide |
|
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
|
3,000 |
unk |
138 |
52 |
28 |
80.2 |
|
Newberry and others, 1997 |
|
|
|
|
|
Buckeye East |
Copper Butte |
Pinal |
AZ |
-111.090 |
33.136 |
|
Exotic Cu |
|
|
|
1901 |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
1988 |
18,000 |
no |
unk |
118 |
no |
no |
|
PCIA 1992 |
|
Asarco |
|
|
|
Bully Hill - Rising Star |
East Shasta |
Shasta |
CA |
-122.196 |
40.801 |
28a |
Massive sulfide, kuroko |
|
|
Volcanic-associated massive
sulfide |
1862 |
1900-1952 |
526 |
1 |
69 |
22 |
neg |
11 |
|
Albers and Robertson, 1961 |
1956 |
123 |
0.5 |
23 |
4 |
neg |
13 |
|
Wisser, 1956 |
Resource mostly in Bully Hill North orebody discovered 1955. |
|
|
|
|
Burkesville |
Central Kentucky |
Cumberland |
KY |
-85.335 |
36.775 |
32 |
Mississippi Valley |
|
|
Mississippi Valley-type Pb-Zn |
|
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
1979 |
45,000 |
no |
no |
no |
1,361 |
1,588 |
Cadmium |
Long, 1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
Burro Creek |
Greenwood |
Mohave |
AZ |
-113.504 |
34.504 |
|
Unclassified |
|
|
|
|
1902-1964 |
2 |
0.03 |
0.02 |
neg |
neg |
no |
|
Keith and others, 1983 |
1994 |
2,300 |
2 |
80 |
unk |
unk |
unk |
|
AMH 1996 entry for ASC
Industries |
Geologic resource |
ASC Industries |
|
|
|
Butte Creek |
Butte Creek |
Butte |
CA |
-121.775 |
39.700 |
39a |
Placer Au |
|
|
|
by 1853 |
1850's-1949 |
|
sig |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cahuilla (Modoc) |
Modoc Springs |
Imperial |
CA |
-116.133 |
32.366 |
25a |
Hot spring Au-Ag |
|
|
|
1912 |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
|
31,000 |
23 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
SEGN#30 |
|
Canyon Resources |
|
|
|
Campo Seco (Lauren) |
Campo Seco |
Calaveras |
CA |
-120.853 |
38.228 |
36a |
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
|
|
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
by 1987 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1996 |
3,300 |
5 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Randol 1996 |
Placer mined in past. |
Quest International |
|
|
|
Caprock |
Pearl |
Jackson |
CO |
-106.499 |
40.965 |
31a |
Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb |
|
|
Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb-Ag |
by 1988 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1991 |
1,008 |
unk |
unk |
unk |
unk |
87 |
|
USBM Minerals Yearbook 1991;
Randol 1996 |
|
BHP - Caprock Resources |
|
|
|
Cashin |
La Sal |
Montrose |
CO |
-108.949 |
38.311 |
30b |
Sediment-hosted Cu |
|
|
Sediment-hosted Cu |
1896 |
1903-1958 |
23 |
neg |
5 |
1 |
neg |
no |
|
USBM Minerals Yearbook and
Production Data 1902-58 |
|
12,000 |
unk |
unk |
59 |
no |
no |
|
AMH 1997 entry for Summo
Minerals |
Production for district. |
Summo Minerals |
|
|
|
Castle |
Gilbert |
Esmeralda |
NV |
-117.617 |
38.200 |
25c |
Epithermal vein, Comstock |
|
|
Creede, Comstock and Sado
epithermal vein |
|
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
|
2,600 |
3 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Callicrate and others, 1996 |
|
Rio Tinto |
|
|
|
Champion |
Picuris (Copper Hill) |
Taos |
NM |
-105.796 |
36.219 |
22c |
Vein, polymetallic |
19a |
Polymetallic replacement |
Polymetallic vein and
replacement |
1879 |
1900-1955 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1996 |
17,000 |
unk |
unk |
59 |
no |
no |
|
Summo Minerals 1996 SEC Form 10K |
|
Summo Minerals - St. Mary Minerals |
|
|
|
Champion - Providence |
Nevada City |
Nevada |
CA |
-121.037 |
39.259 |
36a |
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
|
|
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
1851 |
1893-1939 |
700 |
6 |
>5 |
neg |
neg |
no |
|
MacBoyle, 1919; USBM Production
Data 1902-39 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chandalar |
Chandalar |
Yukon-Koyokuk |
AK |
-148.000 |
67.833 |
39a |
Placer Au |
|
|
|
1906 |
1906-1995 |
|
2.0 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Bundtzen and others, 1996 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Little Squaw Gold Mining |
|
|
|
Cherry Creek |
Cherry Creek |
White Pine |
NV |
-114.900 |
39.967 |
22c |
Vein, polymetallic |
|
Polymetallic replacement |
Polymetallic vein and
replacement |
1861 |
1863-1964 |
>283 |
2 |
110 |
neg |
neg |
neg |
|
Hose and others, 1976 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Early production estimated using silver to gold ratio from
later production. |
|
|
|
|
Chicken Mountain |
Iditarod |
Yukon-Koyokuk |
AK |
-157.988 |
62.396 |
|
Porphyry Au |
|
|
|
|
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
1992 |
14,500 |
17.4 |
unk |
13 |
no |
no |
0.46% Sb |
Nokleberg and others, 1995 |
|
Ventures Resource |
|
|
|
Chistochina |
Chistochina |
Valdez-Cordova |
AK |
-144.500 |
63.000 |
39a |
Placer Au |
|
|
|
1898 |
1899-1995 |
|
5.6 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Bundtzen and others, 1996 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cirque |
Innoko - Tolstoi |
Yukon-Koyokuk |
AK |
-156.978 |
62.845 |
20b |
Vein, polymetallic, Ag-Sn |
|
|
|
|
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
|
175 |
unk |
78 |
6 |
no |
no |
|
Bundtzen and Miller, 1997 |
|
|
|
|
|
Clifton |
Gold Hill (Clifton) |
Tooele |
UT |
-113.800 |
40.167 |
22c |
Vein, polymetallic? |
|
Skarn Au |
Polymetallic vein and
replacement |
1858 |
1892-1961 |
>191 |
0.8 |
26 |
16 |
5 |
neg |
Tungsten, arsenic |
Butler and others, 1920; Nolan,
1935; Stowe, 1975 |
1987 |
2,800 |
7 |
1,282 |
no |
no |
no |
|
Randol 1996 |
|
American Consolidated Mining |
|
|
|
Colorado Gulch |
Colorado Gulch |
Blaine |
ID |
-114.331 |
43.483 |
|
Unclassified |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1989 |
250 |
2 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
AMH 1997 entry for Atlantis
Mining & Mfg |
|
Atlantis |
|
|
|
Contact |
Contact |
Elko |
NV |
-114.767 |
41.767 |
18a |
Porphyry Cu, skarn-related |
|
|
Porphyry Cu |
1870 |
1908-1965 |
unk |
0.04 |
4 |
3 |
neg |
neg |
|
LaPointe and others, 1991 |
|
34,000 |
unk |
unk |
527 |
no |
no |
|
NM 6/15/98, p. B9 |
Early production unkown. |
Golden Phoenix Minerals |
|
|
|
Continental (CWT) |
Pima |
Pima |
AZ |
-111.094 |
31.941 |
18b |
Skarn, Cu |
|
|
Cu, Au, and Pb-Zn skarn |
mid-1960's |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
|
1,089 |
unk |
56 |
11 |
unk |
76 |
|
Bootprints Symposium field trip
guide, Pima District |
|
|
|
|
|
Converse (Redline, Nike) |
|
Humboldt |
NV |
|
|
19c |
Distal disseminated Ag-Au |
|
|
|
1995 |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
1997 |
45,400 |
31 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
NM 8/11/97 |
|
Uranerz - Romarco - Newmont |
|
|
|
Copper Basin |
Monumental |
San Bernardino |
CA |
-114.254 |
34.293 |
40a |
Detachment-fault-related
polymetallic |
|
|
|
1896 |
1930-1966 |
unk |
neg |
unk |
neg |
no |
no |
|
Marsh and others, 1988 |
|
11,300 |
unk |
unk |
62 |
no |
no |
|
Randol 1996 |
|
Western Copper Holdings |
|
|
|
Copper Butte |
Copper Butte |
Pinal |
AZ |
-111.062 |
33.149 |
17 |
Porphyry Cu |
|
|
Porphyry Cu |
1901 |
1917-1971 |
142 |
neg |
neg |
4 |
neg |
no |
|
Keith and others, 1983 |
1988 |
20,000 |
unk |
unk |
220 |
no |
no |
|
PCIA 1992 |
|
Asarco |
|
|
|
Copper Gulch |
Noxon |
Sanders |
MT |
-115.724 |
48.087 |
30b |
Sediment-hosted Cu, Revett |
|
|
Sediment-hosted Cu |
1890 |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
|
11,000 |
unk |
682 |
58 |
no |
no |
|
Kirkham, 1989 |
|
|
|
|
|
Copper King |
Silver Crown |
Laramie |
WY |
-105.186 |
41.145 |
17 |
Porphyry Cu |
|
|
Porphyry Cu |
1879 |
1904-1945 |
neg |
neg |
neg |
neg |
no |
no |
|
USBM Production Data |
1987 |
32,000 |
24 |
unk |
67 |
no |
no |
|
Soule, 1955 |
District production. |
Aston Resources |
|
|
|
Copper Mountain |
Lights Creek |
Plumas |
CA |
-120.792 |
40.219 |
17 |
Porphyry Cu |
|
|
Porphyry Cu |
1970? |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
1972 |
9,000 to 18,000 |
unk |
unk |
36 to 72 |
no |
no |
|
Amex, 1972 |
|
|
|
|
|
Crater Mountain |
Stinkingwater |
Park |
WY |
-109.632 |
44.030 |
17 |
Porphyry Cu |
|
|
Porphyry Cu |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
1982 |
59,000 |
unk |
unk |
207 |
no |
no |
|
Hausel, 1997 |
Only part of deposit delineated by limited drilling. |
|
|
|
|
Creede (Bachelor Mountain
disseminated) |
Creede |
Mineral |
CO |
-106.938 |
37.879 |
|
Unclassified |
|
|
|
1885 |
1919 |
unk |
no |
neg |
no |
no |
no |
|
Smith, 1981 |
1981 |
3,037 |
unk |
665 |
unk |
unk |
unk |
|
Smith, 1981 |
|
|
|
|
|
Crown Point - Nydiver |
Minarets |
Mono |
CA |
-119.135 |
37.696 |
18c |
Skarn, Zn-Pb |
|
|
Cu, Au, and Pb-Zn skarn |
1912 |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
|
8,300 |
unk |
159 |
6 |
13 |
157 |
|
Thurber and others, 1982 |
Maximum grade of resource. |
|
|
|
|
Daisy |
Troublesome Creek |
Snohomish |
WA |
-121.404 |
47.926 |
22c |
Vein, polymetallic |
|
|
Polymetallic vein and
replacement |
1874 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1983 |
1,500 |
13 |
111 |
1 |
13 |
12 |
3.04% As, .04% Sb |
Johnson and others, 1983 |
|
|
|
|
|
Damascus |
Damascus |
Placer |
CA |
-120.704 |
39.124 |
39a |
Placer Au |
|
|
|
1852 |
1852-1930's |
|
18 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Clark, 1970 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dean |
Lewis |
Lander |
NV |
-116.847 |
40.428 |
19c |
Distal disseminated Ag-Au |
|
|
|
1867 |
1887-1892 |
91 |
2.1 |
156 |
neg |
1 |
neg |
|
Struhsacker and others, 1996 |
1995 |
unk |
8 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
NMI95 |
Part of resource already mined. |
Idaho Consolidated Metals - St. George Metals |
|
|
|
Delamar |
Delamar |
Lincoln |
NV |
-114.770 |
37.460 |
25c |
Epithermal vein, Comstock |
|
|
|
1892 |
1892-1950 |
>1,213 |
20 |
39 |
neg |
neg |
no |
|
Tschanz and Pampeyan, 1970 |
1995 |
1,361 |
3 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
AMH 1997 entry for World Wide
Minerals |
Production 1892-1901 estimated from total value. Resource in
Easter deposit. |
World Wide Minerals |
|
|
|
Delano - Cleveland |
Delano |
Elko |
NV |
-114.274 |
41.672 |
19a |
Polymetallic replacement |
|
|
|
1872 |
1918-1970 |
unk |
neg |
47 |
neg |
10 |
0.6 |
|
LaPointe and others, 1991 |
1989 |
218 |
unk |
48 |
unk |
12 |
8 |
|
LaPointe and others, 1991 |
|
|
|
|
|
Delhi - St. Gothard |
North Columbia |
Nevada |
CA |
-120.991 |
39.410 |
36a |
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
|
|
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
by 1860's |
1890-1934 |
>49 |
2 |
>0.3 |
no |
no |
no |
|
MacBoyle, 1919; USBM Production
Data 1902-34 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diamond Gulch |
Tintic |
Juab |
UT |
-112.120 |
39.871 |
|
Unclassified |
|
|
|
by 1967 |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
1967 |
36,000 |
unk |
unk |
58 |
unk |
unk |
|
Krahulec, 1996 |
Chalcocite enrichment blanket derived from underlying
polymetallic veins. |
|
|
|
|
Doby George |
Aura |
Elko |
NV |
-116.059 |
41.663 |
26a |
Sediment-hosted Au |
|
|
Sediment-hosted Au |
1983 |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
1994 |
3,300 |
7 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Atlas Corp. 1996 SEC Form 10K |
|
Atlas |
|
|
|
Dragoon (Empire) |
Cochise |
Cochise |
AZ |
-110.065 |
31.708 |
17 |
Porphyry Cu |
|
|
Porphyry Cu |
1968 |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
1975 |
25,000 |
unk |
unk |
115 |
no |
no |
|
Brooks, 1975 |
|
|
|
|
|
Dynamite |
Pima |
Pima |
AZ |
-110.769 |
31.926 |
18a |
Porphyry Cu, skarn-related |
|
|
Porphyry Cu |
by 1965 |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
|
91,000 |
unk |
unk |
481 |
no |
no |
|
PCIA 1992 |
Reserve figure for part of deposit. Deposit is much larger. |
Addison Smith |
|
|
|
Eagle Creek |
Eagle |
Shoshone |
ID |
-115.863 |
47.698 |
30b |
Sediment-hosted Cu, Revett |
|
|
Sediment-hosted Cu |
by 1910 |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
1977 |
15,000 |
unk |
240 |
71 |
no |
no |
|
Spanski, 1992 |
|
Niagara Mining and Development |
|
|
|
Eagle-Shawmut |
Jacksonville |
Tuolumne |
CA |
-120.400 |
37.868 |
36a |
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
|
|
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
by 1866 |
1896-1946 |
~2,300 |
9 |
3 |
neg |
neg |
no |
|
Knopf, 1929; USBM Minerals
Yearbook, 1902-46 |
1947 |
3,600 |
10 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Moore, 1968 |
Resource above 650 foot level; additional material below. |
|
|
|
|
Elkhorn (Carmody) |
Elkhorn |
Jefferson |
MT |
-111.951 |
46.274 |
18f |
Skarn, Au |
|
|
Cu, Au, and Pb-Zn skarn |
1984 |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
|
408 |
3 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Everson and Reed, 1992 |
|
Newmont Gold |
|
|
|
Elkhorn (East Butte, Swissmont) |
Elkhorn |
Jefferson |
MT |
-111.949 |
46.277 |
18f |
Skarn, Au |
|
|
Cu, Au, and Pb-Zn skarn |
1984 |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
|
1,400 |
8 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Everson and Reed, 1992 |
|
Newmont Gold |
|
|
|
Elkhorn (Golden Curry,
Sourdough) |
Elkhorn |
Jefferson |
MT |
-111.961 |
46.284 |
18f |
Skarn, Au |
|
|
Cu, Au, and Pb-Zn skarn |
|
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
|
1,468 |
10 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Everson and Reed, 1992 |
|
Newmont Gold |
|
|
|
Elkhorn (Heagan) |
Elkhorn |
Jefferson |
MT |
-111.949 |
46.281 |
18f |
Skarn, Au |
|
|
Cu, Au, and Pb-Zn skarn |
|
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
|
2,700 |
9 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Everson and Reed, 1992 |
|
Newmont Gold |
|
|
|
Emery |
Emery (Zosell) |
Powell |
MT |
-112.579 |
46.378 |
22c |
Vein, polymetallic |
19a |
Polymetallic replacement |
Polymetallic vein and
replacement |
1888 |
1891-1966 |
~49 |
0.8 |
25 |
neg |
2 |
1 |
|
Krohn and Weist, 1977 |
|
unk |
3 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
AMH 1997 entry for Hiko Bell
Mining & Oil |
|
Hiko Bell Mining & Oil |
|
|
|
Engels |
Lights Creek |
Plumas |
CA |
-120.774 |
40.203 |
17 |
Porphyry Cu |
|
|
Porphyry Cu |
1967 |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
1972 |
17,300 |
unk |
unk |
110 |
no |
no |
|
Amex, 1972 |
|
California-Engels Mining |
|
|
|
Evergreen Series |
Keweenaw |
Ontonagon |
MI |
-89.100 |
46.764 |
23 |
Basaltic Cu |
|
Native Cu |
|
|
|
5,146 |
no |
unk |
33 |
no |
no |
|
Wilband, 1978; White, 1968 |
1978 |
11,422 |
no |
unk |
127 |
no |
no |
|
Wilband, 1978 |
Resource at Caledonia mine. |
|
|
|
|
Ferguson (Anderson) |
Clearinghouse |
Mariposa |
CA |
-120.185 |
37.666 |
36a |
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
|
|
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
~1860 |
1860-1940 |
|
2 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Bowen and Gray, 1957 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ferris-Haggarty |
Encampment |
Carbon |
WY |
-107.071 |
41.184 |
30b |
Sediment-hosted Cu |
|
|
Sediment-hosted Cu |
1897 |
1899-1908 |
unk |
unk |
unk |
10 |
no |
no |
|
Hausel, 1997 |
|
842 |
4 |
unk |
55 |
no |
no |
|
Hausel, 1997 |
|
|
|
|
|
Fish Springs |
Fish Springs |
Juab |
UT |
-113.456 |
39.857 |
22c |
Vein, polymetallic |
19a |
Polymetallic replacement |
Polymetallic vein and
replacement |
1890 |
1891-1953 |
18 |
0.02 |
83 |
neg |
8 |
neg |
|
Lindsey and others, 1989 |
|
150 |
unk |
15 |
unk |
unk |
unk |
|
Utah Geological Survey |
Resource in old dumps. |
|
|
|
|
Fissure Mines |
Keweenaw |
Houghton, Keweenaw, Ontonagon |
MI |
-88.200 |
44.400 |
23 |
Basaltic Cu |
|
Native Cu |
|
by 1740 |
1844-1925 |
|
no |
unk |
97 |
no |
no |
|
White, 1968; Drier and Du
Temple, 1961 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aboriginal copper production since 3,000 years BCE is
estimated between 230,000 and 680,000 metric t. |
|
|
|
|
Flowery (Golden Eagle) |
Comstock |
Storey |
NV |
-119.590 |
39.320 |
25c |
Epithermal vein, Comstock |
|
|
Creede, Comstock and Sado
epithermal vein |
1870's |
1924-1995 |
>1,100 |
4 |
10 |
no |
no |
no |
|
Alhambra Mines 1986-89 SEC Form
10K; American Eagle Resources 1990-91 SEC Form 10K; Miramar Mining Corp. 1992-95 Annual
Reports |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
American Eagle Resources - Miramar Mining |
|
|
|
Fortuna |
Fortuna |
Yuma |
AZ |
-114.315 |
32.556 |
36a |
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
|
|
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
~1895 |
1896-1951 |
139 |
4 |
0.5 |
neg |
no |
no |
|
Keith and others, 1983 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fountain Run |
Central Kentucky |
Monroe |
KY |
-85.943 |
36.704 |
32 |
Mississippi Valley |
|
|
Mississippi Valley-type Pb-Zn |
|
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
|
45,000 |
no |
no |
no |
unk |
1,814 |
Cadmium |
Long, 1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
Four Hills |
Sierra City |
Sierra |
CA |
-120.710 |
39.699 |
36a |
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
|
|
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
by 1861 |
1861-1926 |
|
3 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Clark, 1970 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Four Metals |
Patagonia |
Santa Cruz |
AZ |
-110.737 |
31.398 |
22c |
Vein, polymetallic, porphyry
Cu-related |
17 |
Porphyry Cu |
Polymetallic vein and
replacement |
1860's |
1903-1962 |
5 |
0.02 |
1 |
neg |
neg |
neg |
|
Keith and others, 1983 |
|
13,000 |
unk |
unk |
89 |
no |
no |
|
PCIA 1992 |
Production includes other small producers in Patagonia
district. |
|
|
|
|
Fourmile |
Fourmile |
Moffat |
CO |
-107.727 |
40.757 |
39a |
Placer Au |
|
|
|
1891 |
1905-1969 |
|
0.1 |
neg |
no |
no |
no |
|
USBM Minerals Yearbook and
Production Data 1905-69 |
1983 |
|
31 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
Monazite, ilmenite, rutile,
euxenite, columbite |
USBM Minerals Yearbook 1983 |
Resource is Joker placer deposit with 0.7 to 2 gpt Au. |
|
|
|
|
French Corral |
French Corral |
Nevada |
CA |
-121.154 |
39.319 |
39a |
Placer Au |
|
|
|
1849 |
1851-1891 |
|
4.5 to 6 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
MacBoyle, 1919 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gardner's Point |
Port Wine |
Sierra |
CA |
-120.932 |
39.681 |
39a |
Placer Au |
|
|
|
1850 |
1987-1989 |
|
0.08 |
neg |
no |
no |
no |
|
Brush Creek 1987-1989 SEC Form
10K |
1986 |
|
5 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Brush Creek 1986 SEC Form 10K |
Early placer production 1850 to 1884 not known. |
Brush Creek Mining & Development |
|
|
|
Gaston Ridge |
Graniteville |
Nevada |
CA |
-120.751 |
39.396 |
36a |
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
|
|
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
1856 |
1899-1930 |
268 |
2 |
>0.3 |
no |
no |
no |
|
MacBoyle, 1919; USBM Production
Data 1902-30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gemfield |
Goldfield |
Esmeralda |
NV |
-117.286 |
37.736 |
25e |
Epithermal vein, quartz-alunite |
|
|
Epithermal quartz-alunite Au |
1992 |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
1996 |
18,000 |
19 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Callicrate and others, 1996 |
|
Kennecott |
|
|
|
Gibson |
Summit |
Gila |
AZ |
-110.942 |
33.334 |
17 |
Porphyry Cu |
|
|
Porphyry Cu |
|
1903-1969 |
53 |
neg |
1 |
8 |
neg |
no |
|
Keith and others, 1983 |
1984 |
9,800 |
unk |
unk |
69 |
no |
no |
|
PCIA 1992 |
Geologic potential. Production is for entire district. |
Lodestar Minerals |
|
|
|
Globe |
Globe Hills |
Gila |
AZ |
-110.790 |
33.415 |
17 |
Porphyry Cu |
22c |
Vein, polymetallic, porphyry Cu
related |
Porphyry Cu |
1874 |
1875-1981 |
11,007 |
3 |
257 |
470 |
2 |
neg |
370 metric t vanadium ore
yielding 7.4 metric t V2O5; 27,000 metric t manganese ore yielding 2,700 metric t
manganese |
Keith and others, 1983 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Low-grade (0.75% Cu) resource on lowest levels of Old
Dominion mine. |
|
|
|
|
Goat Mountain |
Rattlesnake Hills |
Natrona |
WY |
-107.318 |
42.719 |
|
Unclassified |
|
|
|
1982 |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
|
>1,020 |
>7.8 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Hausel, 1996 |
|
Canyon Resources |
|
|
|
Gold Acres |
Bullion |
Lander |
NV |
-116.743 |
40.258 |
26a |
Sediment-hosted Au |
|
|
Sediment-hosted Au |
1910 |
1935-1991 |
11,000 |
25 |
7 |
no |
no |
no |
|
Hays and Foo, 1991; Gulf
Resources 1971-1974, Placer Development 1975-1986, Placer Dome 1987-1991 SEC Form 10K |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production in part estimated. Production for Cortez, Gold
Acres, and Horse Canyon not always reported separately. |
Placer Dome - Rio Tinto |
|
|
|
Gold Bluff |
Downieville |
Sierra |
CA |
-120.821 |
39.582 |
36a |
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
|
|
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
1851 |
1851-1902 |
|
2 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Carlson and Clark, 1956 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gold Fork (Little Valley) |
Donnelly |
Valley |
ID |
-116.023 |
44.698 |
39a |
Placer Au |
|
|
|
by 1917 |
|
|
neg |
neg |
no |
no |
no |
|
Storch, 1958 |
1917 |
|
16 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
Ilmenite |
Storch, 1958 |
|
|
|
|
|
Gold Group |
Crescent |
Clark |
NV |
-115.133 |
35.471 |
|
Unclassified |
|
|
|
~1894 |
|
unk |
unk |
unk |
unk |
unk |
unk |
|
|
1992 |
3,000 |
2 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
NMI95 |
|
Westland Minerals Exploration |
|
|
|
Gold Hill |
Grass Valley |
Nevada |
CA |
-121.038 |
39.261 |
36a |
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
|
|
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
1850 |
1850-1867 |
|
6 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Johnston, 1940 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gold Hill |
Round Mountain |
Nye |
NV |
-117.048 |
38.773 |
25a |
Hot spring Au-Ag |
|
|
|
1910 |
1930-1938 |
107 |
1.30 |
8 |
no |
no |
no |
|
NM 6/15/98, p. B4 |
|
9,000 |
10 |
80 |
no |
no |
no |
|
NM 6/15/98, p. B4 |
|
Boreal Exploration |
|
|
|
Gold Hill Mesa |
|
El Paso |
CO |
-104.873 |
38.833 |
|
Tailings |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1991 |
13,200 |
18 |
>16 |
no |
no |
no |
|
USBM Minerals Yearbook 1988 and
1991 |
Tailings from mill at Colorado Springs which treated ore from
Cripple Creek District. |
Royal Gold |
|
|
|
Gold Mountian (Kimberley) |
Gold Mountian (Kimberley) |
Piute |
UT |
-112.400 |
38.550 |
25c |
Epithermal vein, Comstock |
|
|
Creede, Comstock and Sado
epithermal veins |
1889 |
-1937 |
457 |
18 |
5 |
neg |
neg |
no |
|
Callaghan, 1973; Stowe, 1975 |
|
450 to 2,300 |
1.9 to 14 |
22 to 140 |
no |
no |
no |
|
Estimate by Utah
GeologicalSurvey |
Estimated resource at Annie Laurie and Sevier mines. |
Annie Laurie Gold |
|
|
|
Gold Run |
Gold Run |
Placer |
CA |
-120.854 |
39.184 |
39a |
Placer Au |
|
|
|
1849 |
1865-1878 |
|
9 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Clark, 1970; Lindgren, 1911 |
1927 |
|
19 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Yeend, 1974; Jarman, 1927 |
|
|
|
|
|
Goldbank |
Forbestown |
Butte |
CA |
-121.269 |
39.526 |
36a |
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
|
|
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
before 1887 |
1888-1938 |
>140 |
4 |
>1.3 |
no |
no |
no |
|
Clark, 1970; USBM Production
Data 1902-38 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Goldbanks |
Goldbanks |
Pershing |
NV |
-117.604 |
40.465 |
25a |
Hot spring Au-Ag |
|
|
|
1907 |
1908-1934 |
neg |
neg |
neg |
unk |
unk |
unk |
|
Johnson, 1977 |
1996 |
392,000 |
188 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
MR 12/11/96 |
|
Restoration Minerals - Kinross Gold |
|
|
|
Golden Arrow |
Golden Arrow |
Nye |
NV |
-116.618 |
37.978 |
25c |
Epithermal vein, Comstock |
|
|
Creede, Comstock and Sado
epithermal vein |
1905 |
1905-1950 |
1 |
neg |
neg |
unk |
unk |
unk |
|
Cornwall, 1972 |
1996 |
unk |
9 to 14.8 |
128 to 193 |
no |
no |
no |
|
MR 3/12/97 |
|
Tombstone Exploration |
|
|
|
Golden Chest |
Summit |
Shoshone |
ID |
-115.834 |
47.617 |
36a |
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
|
|
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
1883 |
1902-1949 |
56 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
neg |
neg |
neg |
Tungsten |
Mitchell and Bennett, 1983 |
1989 |
4,400 |
6 |
unk |
unk |
unk |
unk |
|
E/MJ 6/1989 |
Substantial production before 1902. |
Golden Chest |
|
|
|
Golden Dome |
Antelope Neck |
Sierra |
CA |
-120.293 |
39.643 |
25a |
Hot spring Au-Ag |
25c |
Epithermal vein, Comstock |
|
1862 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,400 |
3 |
37 |
no |
no |
no |
|
Young and Cluer, 1992 |
|
Tenneco Minerals |
|
|
|
Golden Eagle |
Orogrande - Ten Mile |
Idaho |
ID |
-115.583 |
45.667 |
|
Unclassified |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,300 |
34 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
AMH 1997 entry for Idaho
Consolidated Metals |
|
Idaho Consolidated Metals |
|
|
|
Golden Horn |
Iditarod (Flat) |
Yukon-Koyokuk |
AK |
-157.917 |
62.464 |
|
Porphyry Au |
22c |
Vein, polymetallic |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tungsten |
Nokleberg and others, 1987 |
|
2,850 |
3 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
Bundtzen and Miller, 1997 |
|
|
|
|
|
Golden Quail |
|
San Bernardino |
CA |
-115.303 |
35.213 |
|
Unclassified |
|
|
|
1890 |
1890-1905 |
neg |
neg |
neg |
no |
no |
no |
|
Montgomery and Runkle, 1982 |
|
>1,680 |
9 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Randol 1996 |
|
Golden Quail - Golden Hemlock - Windham Resources |
|
|
|
Governor (New York) |
Acton |
Los Angeles |
CA |
-118.205 |
34.507 |
36a |
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
|
|
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
1877 |
1880's-1942 |
|
>2.2 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Clark, 1970 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grace |
Grace |
Berks |
PA |
-75.882 |
40.172 |
18d |
Skarn, Fe |
|
|
Fe skarn |
1948 |
1958-1977 |
41,000 |
unk |
unk |
unk |
no |
no |
Iron |
Smith, R.C., II, written communication, 1997;
Sims, 1968 |
1977 |
unk |
unk |
unk |
unk |
neg |
neg |
Cobalt |
Smith, R.C., II, written communication, 1997;
Sims, 1968 |
Ore contained 0.06% Cu which was partly recovered. When mine
shut down, drilling had found a significant extension that was much thicker and higher in
Cu grade than the portion of the deposit mined. |
|
|
|
|
Greaterville |
Greaterville |
Pima |
AZ |
-110.753 |
31.763 |
39a |
Placer Au |
|
|
|
1873 |
1873-1884 |
|
1 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Mining World 7/6/1907 p. 7-8 |
1907 |
|
113 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Mining World 7/6/1907 p. 7-8 |
Production estimated. |
|
|
|
|
Greenhorn |
Redding |
Shasta |
CA |
-122.694 |
40.657 |
28a |
Massive sulfide, kuroko |
|
|
Volcanic-associated massive
sulfide |
|
1915-1941 |
101 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
neg |
neg |
no |
|
USBM Production Data 1915-41 |
1992 |
1,000 |
2 |
17 |
23 |
no |
no |
|
Randol 1996; Robertson Info-Mine |
|
Sikamon Gold |
|
|
|
Griffon |
Pancake |
White Pine |
NV |
|
|
26a |
Sediment-hosted Au |
|
|
Sediment-hosted Au |
by 1996 |
1998- |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
1997 |
3,496 |
3 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Alta Gold 1997 SEC Form 10K |
|
Alta Gold |
|
|
|
Hahns Peak |
Hahns Perak |
Routt |
CO |
-106.929 |
40.842 |
|
Unclassified |
|
|
|
1865 |
1907-1957 |
1 |
neg |
0.4 |
neg |
neg |
neg |
|
USBM Minerals Yearbook and
Production Data 1907-57 |
1969 |
644,000 |
unk |
6,400 |
unk |
644 |
390 |
|
Young and Segerstrom, 1973 |
|
|
|
|
|
Hanover Mountain |
Central (Fierro-Hanover) |
Grant |
NM |
-108.083 |
32.833 |
17 |
Porphyry Cu |
|
|
Porphyry Cu |
by 1858 |
1858-1937 |
>25 |
neg |
neg |
2 |
neg |
no |
|
Richter and Lawrence, 1983; USBM
Production Data |
1996 |
95,350 |
unk |
unk |
324 |
no |
no |
|
NM 6/23/97 |
|
Phelps Dodge |
|
|
|
Heddleston Mo |
Heddleston |
Lewis and Clark |
MT |
-112.360 |
47.020 |
21b |
Porphyry Mo, Low F |
|
|
|
1960's |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
1981 |
148,000 |
no |
no |
148 |
no |
no |
0.16% Mo |
Howard, 1981 |
Speculative resource based on four drill intercepts. |
Asarco |
|
|
|
Higdon |
Southeast Missouri |
Madison, Perry |
MO |
-90.145 |
37.608 |
32 |
Mississippi Valley |
32a |
Southeast Missouri Pb-Zn |
Mississippi Valley-type Pb-Zn |
1956 |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
1980 |
3,548 |
neg |
unk |
12 |
164 |
50 |
0.08% Co |
Anonymous, 1982 |
Mineable reserve, resource larger. |
Pintlar Corp. |
|
|
|
Hills Creek |
Keweenaw |
Houghton |
MI |
-88.417 |
47.308 |
23 |
Basaltic Cu |
|
Native Cu |
|
1965? |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
1966 |
41,000 |
no |
unk |
>612 |
no |
no |
|
E/MJ 9/1966 |
|
Calumet and Hecla |
|
|
|
Hite |
Hite Cove |
Mariposa |
CA |
-119.864 |
37.646 |
36a |
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
|
|
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
1862 |
1863-1909 |
|
5 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Julihn and Horton, 1940 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hope Butte |
|
Malheur |
OR |
-117.457 |
44.078 |
25a |
Hot spring Au-Ag |
|
|
|
1951 |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
1992 |
7,260 |
8 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Randol 1996 |
Geologic resource. |
Horizon Gold |
|
|
|
Horizon Basin |
Noxon |
Sanders |
MT |
-115.667 |
48.074 |
30b |
Sediment-hosted Cu, Revett |
|
|
Sediment-hosted Cu |
1890 |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
|
10,000 |
unk |
930 |
85 |
no |
no |
|
Kirkham, 1989 |
|
|
|
|
|
Horsfeld |
Chisana - Nabensa |
Fairbanks-North Star |
AK |
-141.218 |
62.051 |
21a |
Porphyry Cu-Mo |
|
|
Porphyry Cu |
late 1960's |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
|
60,000 |
unk |
unk |
54 to 108 |
no |
no |
Molybdenum |
Young and others, 1997 |
|
|
|
|
|
Humbug |
Humbug |
Yavapai |
AZ |
-112.306 |
34.047 |
|
Unclassified |
|
|
|
|
1901-1942 |
4 |
0.05 |
0.3 |
neg |
neg |
no |
|
Keith and others, 1983 |
|
208 |
4 |
unk |
unk |
unk |
unk |
|
Randol 1996 |
|
Mariah International - Guild Mark Industries |
|
|
|
Ida |
|
Snohomish |
WA |
-121.354 |
48.001 |
22c |
Vein, polymetallic |
|
|
Polymetallic vein and
replacement |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1983 |
>4,500 |
unk |
>124 |
unk |
unk |
>10 |
0.68% As, 0.06% Sb |
Johnson and others, 1983 |
|
|
|
|
|
Indian Creek |
Indian Creek (Hassel) |
Broadwater |
MT |
-111.571 |
46.339 |
39a |
Placer Au |
|
|
|
1870's |
1940-1986 |
|
0.5 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Avery and others, 1989 |
1988 |
|
44 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Avery and others, 1989 |
|
|
|
|
|
Iron Door |
Spike-E Hills |
Cochise |
AZ |
-109.821 |
32.308 |
17 |
Porphyry Cu |
|
|
Porphyry Cu |
1970's |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
|
57,000 |
unk |
unk |
229 |
no |
no |
|
PCIA 1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
Isabella - Pearl |
Santa Fe |
Mineral |
NV |
-118.175 |
38.592 |
|
Unclassified |
|
Epithermal vein |
|
by 1979 |
|
unk |
unk |
unk |
unk |
unk |
unk |
|
|
|
4,500 |
12 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Callicrate and others, 1996 |
|
Combined Metals Reduction |
|
|
|
Italian |
Jackson - Plymouth |
Amador |
CA |
-120.830 |
38.444 |
36a |
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
|
|
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
before 1862 |
1937-1954 |
17 |
0.08 |
neg |
neg |
no |
no |
|
USBM Production Data 1937-54 |
1951 |
901 |
6 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Robertson Info-Mine |
|
Amador United Gold |
|
|
|
Jamison |
Johnsville |
Plumas |
CA |
-120.702 |
39.735 |
36a |
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
|
|
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
1888 |
1888-1951 |
>303 |
3 |
>0.27 |
no |
no |
no |
|
MacBoyle, 1920; USBM Production
Data 1902-51 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J-F (Ross Point, Lower Ross
Creek) |
Noxon |
Sanders |
MT |
-115.883 |
48.193 |
30b |
Sediment-hosted Cu, Revett |
|
|
Sediment-hosted Cu |
|
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
|
14,000 |
unk |
630 |
56 |
no |
no |
|
Spanski, 1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
Jicarilla Placers |
Orogrande |
Lincoln |
NM |
-105.729 |
33.541 |
39a |
Placer Au |
|
|
|
1850 |
1912-1957 |
|
0.25 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
McLemore, 1991 |
1974 |
|
7 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Segerstrom and Ryberg, 1974 |
|
|
|
|
|
Jones Hill |
Santa Fe |
Santa Fe |
NM |
-105.723 |
35.733 |
28a |
Massive sulfide, kuroko |
|
|
Volcanic-associated massive
sulfide |
by 1930 |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
1979 |
5,300 |
11 |
105 |
47 |
11 |
104 |
|
McLemore, 1995 |
|
Champion Resources |
|
|
|
K-2 |
Belcher |
Ferry |
WA |
-118.663 |
48.864 |
|
Epithermal vein, Comstock |
|
|
|
by 1993 |
|
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
1997 |
736 |
5 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Echo Bay 1997 SEC Form 10K |
|
Echo Bay Mines |
|
|
|
Katahdin Iron Works |
|
Piscataquis |
ME |
-69.196 |
45.439 |
|
Unclassified |
|
Layered ultramafic |
Magmatic sulfide |
before 1900 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Iron, pyrites |
|
|
>91,000 |
|
|
>180 |
|
|
Cobalt, nickel, platinum group
metals |
Beck, F., written communication,
1997 |
|
|
|
|
|
Kay |
Kay |
Yavapai |
AZ |
-112.160 |
34.060 |
28a |
Massive sulfide, kuroko |
|
|
Volcanic-associated massive
sulfide |
|
1910-1966 |
2 |
0.01 |
0.1 |
neg |
neg |
no |
|
Keith and others, 1983 |
1990 |
5,400 |
15 |
299 |
120 |
unk |
163 |
|
PCIA 1992 |
|
Rayrock Mines |
|
|
|
Kerber Creek |
Kerber Creek (Bonanza) |
Saguache |
CO |
-106.074 |
38.228 |
22c |
Vein, polymetallic |
22b |
Alkaline Au-Te |
Polymetallic vein and
replacement |
1879 |
1880-1959 |
>589 |
1 |
178 |
7 |
20 |
4 |
|
Burbank and Henderson, 1932;
USBM Minerals Yearbook 1930-59 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Keystone |
Lone Pine |
Inyo |
CA |
-117.129 |
35.844 |
|
Unclassified |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1993 |
360 |
5 |
unk |
neg |
no |
no |
|
Randol 1996 |
|
Keystone Mining |
|
|
|
Keystone |
Keystone |
Albany |
WY |
-106.244 |
41.167 |
36a |
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
|
|
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
1876 |
1876-1893 |
|
0.3 |
unk |
neg |
no |
no |
|
Currey, 1965 |
1893 |
91 |
4 |
unk |
neg |
no |
no |
|
Hausel, 1989 |
Size of gold resource questionable. |
|
|
|
|
Keystone Consolidated |
Keystone |
Pennington |
SD |
-103.378 |
43.899 |
36a |
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
|
|
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
1892 |
1893-1931 |
207 |
3 |
>0.03 |
no |
no |
no |
Arsenic |
Allsman, 1940 |
1931 |
1,275 |
14 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Allsman, 1940 |
|
Keystone Consolidated |
|
|
|
Kilgore |
|
Clark |
ID |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20,400 |
21 |
unk |
|
|
|
|
NM 6/15/98, p. B9 |
|
Echo Bay - Latitude Minerals |
|
|
|
Kingston Conglomerate |
Keweenaw |
Houghton |
MI |
-88.385 |
47.291 |
23 |
Basaltic Cu |
|
Native Cu |
|
1962 |
1965-1967 |
900 |
no |
unk |
1 |
no |
no |
|
Bornhorst, 1992 |
1964 |
>140,000 |
no |
unk |
>2,000 |
no |
no |
|
E/MJ 6/1964 |
|
Calumet and Hecla |
|
|
|
La Grange |
Weaverville |
Trinity |
CA |
-122.989 |
40.740 |
39a |
Placer Au |
|
|
|
1850 |
1851-1942 |
|
12 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Clark, 1970 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lava Cap (Banner, Central) |
Nevada City |
Nevada |
CA |
-120.970 |
39.228 |
36a |
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
|
|
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
1860 |
1860-1958 |
>909 |
16 |
>68 |
neg |
neg |
no |
|
Logan, 1941; USBM Minerals
Yearbook and Production Data 1934-58 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Early production from Banner, North Banner, and Central
mines. |
|
|
|
|
Libby Gold |
Libby |
Lincoln |
MT |
-115.551 |
48.043 |
|
Unclassified |
|
|
|
1870's |
|
5 |
0.09 |
3 |
neg |
1 |
no |
|
USBM Production Data |
|
13,000 |
9 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
SEGN#10 |
Production for Libby district. |
Orvana Resources - Pegasus Gold |
|
|
|
Lincoln |
Sutter Creek |
Amador |
CA |
-120.800 |
38.395 |
36a |
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
|
|
Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
~1851 |
1851-1887 |
|
3 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Logan, 1927 |
1995 |
606 |
9 |
unk |
no |
no |
no |
|
Randol 1996 |
Production figure thought to be excessive. Substantial
low-grade resource remains. |
U.S. Energy |
|
|
|
Lone Star - Washington |
Danville |
Ferry |
WA |
-118.665 |
48.995 |
28a |
Massive sulfide, kuroko |
|
|
Volcanic-associated massive
sulfide |
1897 |
1910-1917 |
33 |
0.04 |
0.2 |
1 |
no |
no |
|
Huntting, 1956 |
|
18,460 |
7 |
unk |
102 |
unk |
unk |
|
AMH 1997 entry for Brittania
Gold |
|
Brittannia Gold - Bren-Mar Resources |
|
|
|
Lonesome Pine |
Summit |
Gila |
AZ |
-110.903 |
33.342 |
17 |
Porphyry Cu |
|
|
Porphyry Cu |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18,000 |
unk |
unk |
73 |
no |
no |
|
PCIA 1992 |
Geologic potential. |
Russ Corn |