CENTERS TO DELINEATE THE MOTHER LODE OREBODY.Ĭomment (Workings): IN APRIL, 1990, APPROX. 104 REVERSE CIRCULATION AND 3 CORE HOLES WERE THEN DRILLED ON APPROX.
GRADING 0.049 OPT GOLD STARTING AT A DEPTH OF 35 FT. IN 1985, HOLE ML-59 WAS DRILLED TO TEST THE INTERSECTION OF THE MOTHER LODE FAULT WITH NW-STRIKING RANGE FRONT FAULTS. 55 HOLES WERE DRILLED ALONG THE MOTHER LODE FAULT, INTERSECTING NARROW ZONES OF GOLD MINERALIZATION. INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT 3 FIELD OBSERVĬomment (Development): EXPLORATION FOCUSED ON THE MOTHER LODE FAULT, A N50E-STRIKING FAULT THAT PARALLELS TATES WASH, BASED ON NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS ALONG ITS STRIKE. DACITIC INTRUSIVES HOST A MAJORITY OF THE ORE. 10:1.Ĭomment (Deposit): THIS IS A 'BLIND' DISCOVERY. Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountainsĭescription: Intersection Of Mother Lode Fault And Range Front Faults.Īnalytical Data: BASE METALS, AS, SB, HG ARE ABSENT IN THE ORE ZONEĬomment (Commodity): AU:AG RATIO APPROX. Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus