Anomalous concentrations of gold, silver, and other metals in the Mill Canyon area, Cortez quadrangle, Eureka and Lander Counties, Nevada
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606
By: James E. Elliott and John David Wells
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Abstract
The Mill Canyon area is in the eastern part of the Cortez window of the Roberts Mountains thrust belt in the Cortez quadrangle, north-central Nevada. Gold and silver ores have been mined from fissure veins in Jurassic quartz monzonite and in the bordering Wenban Limestone of Devonian age. Geochemical data show anomalies of gold, silver, lead, zinc, copper, arsenic, antimony, mercury, and tellurium. Geologic and geochemical studies indicate that a formation favorable for gold deposition, the Roberts Mountains Limestone of Silurian age, may be found at depth near the mouth of Mill Canyon.
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Elliott, J., and Wells, J.D., 1968, Anomalous concentrations of gold, silver, and other metals in the Mill Canyon area, Cortez quadrangle, Eureka and Lander Counties, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 606, iii, 20 p. :illus., maps. ;26 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/cir606.
ISSN: 2330-5703 (online)
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Anomalous concentrations of gold, silver, and other metals in the Mill Canyon area, Cortez quadrangle, Eureka and Lander Counties, Nevada |
| Series title | Circular |
| Series number | 606 |
| DOI | 10.3133/cir606 |
| Year Published | 1968 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | [U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey], |
| Description | iii, 20 p. :illus., maps. ;26 cm. |