Precious metal mineralization at Mt. Hamilton, White Pine County, Nevada

- Organization:
- Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration
- Pages:
- 3
- File Size:
- 223 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1990
Abstract
Precious metal mineralization at Mt. Hamilton, NV is associated with a polymetallic, garnet-pyroxene skarn system developed in middle to upper Cambrian calcareous shale, limestone, and dolomite. The skarn is developed around the Cretaceous Seligman and Monte Cristo calc-alkaline stocks. Gold is associated with intense retrograde alteration. Later epithermal quartz veins contain gold, silver, base-metal sulfides, and sulfosalts cross-cut skarn alteration. Westmont Mining Inc. is currently developing two mineralized zones containing a geologic resource of about 7 Mt (7.7 million st) that averages 1.7 g/t (0.05 oz per st) gold and 17.2 g/t (0.5 oz per st) silver. The project will have an estimated mine life of seven years, with a planned annual production rate of I t (35,000 oz) of gold and 9.3 t (300,000 oz) of silver.
Citation
APA:
(1990) Precious metal mineralization at Mt. Hamilton, White Pine County, NevadaMLA: Precious metal mineralization at Mt. Hamilton, White Pine County, Nevada. Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, 1990.