GRADE AND TONNAGE MODEL OF LOW-SULFIDE Au QUARTZ VEINS

By James D. Bliss

COMMENTS All mines within 1.6 km were combined and only deposits containing more than 99 tones are included. Gold grade is correlated with tonnage (r = -0.30) and with silver grade (r = 0.45, n = 39). See figs. 182-183.

Figure 182. Tonnages of low-sulfide Au quartz vein deposits.

fig 182

Figure 183. Precious metal grades of low-sulfide Au quartz vein deposits. A, Gold. B, Silver.

fig 183

DEPOSITS

Name Country

Al AUVT

Achilles NZLD

Alabama Shoot AUVT

Alex Hill-Mad Kiss GUYN

Alice USCA

Alleghany East USCA

Alleghany West USCA

Alto USCA

Amador City USCA

American Bar USCA

Ample CNBC

Angels-Carson USCA

Argo USCA

Argus Hill AUVT

Ashland USOR

Altas USCA

Bagby USCA

Bagby Valley USCA

Ballarat AUVT

Barrandum USCA

Bear Valley USCA

Bear Valley South USCA

Beaver Dam CNNS

Belden USCA

Bendigo AUVT

Bendigo NZLD

Berry Creek USCA

Bethanga AUVT

Big Oak Flat USCA

Birthday-William Fancy AUVT

Black Bear USCA

Black Boy USCA

Blackstone USCA

Blockhouse CNNS

Blue Lead USAK

Blue Mountain USCA

Bonanza NZLD

Bondurant USCA

Braden USOR

Bralorne-Pioneer CNBC

Broken Hills USCA

Brookfield CNNS

Buller-Mokihinui NZLD

Caledonia AUVT

Canyon Creek-East Fork USCA

Caribou CNNS

Caribou-Aurum CNBC

Carleton CNNS

Carolin CNBC

Cassilis AUVT

Central Rawdon CNNS

Chewton AUVT

Chichagof USAK

Cleary Hill USAK

Clunes Goldfield AUVT

Coarsegold USCA

Cobol USAK

Cochrane Hill CNNS

Colfax USCA

Colombo USCA

Comet USAK

Confidence USCA

Coulterville USCA

Coulterville South USCA

Country Harbour CNNS

Cove District USCA

Cow Bay CNNS

Cox, Bolyan & Loberg USAK

Cranberry Hill CNNS

Dalesford AUVT

Damascus USCA

Defender USCA

Delta USCA

Demarest USCA

Dinero USCA

Dominion Consolidated NZLD

Dorothea USOR

Eagle Bluff-River Bend USCA

Eagle Shawmut USCA

Early-Sweetwater USCA

East Rawdon CNNS

Eclipse No. 1 USCA

Ecum Secum CNNS

El Dorado USCA

El Portal USCA

Eliza-Schroeder USCA

Empire-Lone Star USCA

Enterprise USCA

Esmeralda USCA

Ester Dome SE USAK

Experimental USCA

Felicianna USCA

Fifteen-mile Brook CNNS

Fifteen-mile Stream CNNS

Fifty-five USCA

Fine Gold USCA

Finney USCA

Five Pines USCA

Forbestown USCA

Ford USCA

Forest Hill CNNS

Four Hells Mine USCA

Fourth Crossing USCA

Francis Ormand AUVT

Franklin USCA

French USCA

French Gulch USCA

Fryer's Creek AUVT

Gabriels Gully NZLD

Galice North USOR

Gabretta USCA

Gabrinus USCA

Gem USCA

Gem Olive USCA

German Bar USCA

Giant King USCA

Gibralter USCA

Gladstone USCA

Glencoe-Woodhouse USCA

Globe-Ralston USCA

Gold Bug USCA

Gold Point USCA

Gold Reef USCA

Gold River USCA

Gold Chariot USCA

Golden Eagle USCA

Golden Jubilee USCA

Golden-El Dorado USCA

Goldenville CNNS

Grand Victory USCA

Granite Hill USOR

Granite King USCA

Grant USAK

Grass Valley USCA

Green Excelsior USCA

Greenback USOR

Gwynne USCA

Hall Creek CNBC

Ham & Birney USCA

Harriet CNBC

Harrigan Cove CNNS

Hathaway USCA

Hazel USCA

Hedley Camp CNBC

Henry Ford USAK

Herman USCA

Hi-Yu USAK

Hillgrove AUNS

Hirst-Chichagof USAK

Homestake-McCarty USAK

Hornitos USCA

Horseshoe I USCA

Hunter Valley USCA

Iconoclast USCA

Indian Path Mine CNNS

Invincible Lode NZLD

Isaac's Harbour CNNS

Jabal Guyan SAAR

Jamestown USCA

Joe Walker USCA

Jubilee NZLD

Jubilee-New Jubilee AUVT

Julian-Banner USCA

K.C. USCA

Kelsey USCA

Kelsey North USCA

Kemptville CNNS

Killag CNNS

Kinsley USCA

Kinsley North USCA

Kotchkar Mines USSR

Lake Catcha CNNS

Lamphear USCA

Lawrencetown CNNS

Leipsigate CNNS

Leviathan AUVT

Liberty USCA

Little Squaw USAK

Locarno USCA

Loch Fyne AUVT

Long Mary USCA

Lone Tunnel AUVT

Lord Nelson AUVT

Lucky Bart USOR

Lucky Shot-War Baby USAK

Lyell Goldfield NZLD

Mabel USAK

Malden North AUVT

Mammoth USCA

Mariners AUVT

Mariposa USCA

Maude & Yellow Girl AUVT

Midas USCA

Mikado USAK

Miller Lake CNNS

Minto CNBC

Mizpah USAK

Mohawk-Dome View USAK

Mokelumne USCA

Molega CNNS

Montaque CNNS

Moore's Flat USCA

Moose River CNNS

Moosehead CNNS

Mooseland CNNS

Mormon Bar USCA

Morning Star AUVT

Morris Ravine USCA

Mount Bullion USCA

Mount Gaines USCA

Mount Pleasant USCA

Mount Shasta USCA

Mount Uniacke CNNS

Mount Vernon USCA

Mountain King USCA

Nalden South AUVT

Nashville USCA

National USCA

new Bendigo AUVT

New Era-Rowe AUVT

Nimrod AUVT

North Murphy USCA

North Star USAK

Nuggetty AUVT

O'Connors AUVT

Old Diggings USCA

Oldham CNNS

Ophir USCA

Oregon Bell USOR

Oriential AUVT

Oro Grande-Buena Vista USCA

Oturehua Field NZLD

Ovens CNNS

Oya JAPN

Paloma-Gwin USCA

Paparoa Range NZLD

Patrick USCA

Penryn USCA

Phoenix USCA

Pipestem CNBC

Placerville USCA

Pleasant River CNNS

Porto Rico CNBC

Pyramid USCA

R.R. Flat South USCA

Rainbow USOR

Rainbow USCA

Ranch USCA

Ravenswood NZLD

Reefton Goldfield NZLD

Reicher Trost PLND

Renfrew CNNS

Rich USCA

Rich Gulch USCA

Rich Gulch (Virgilia) USCA

Rindge No. 1 USCA

Robert E USOR

Robertson USOR

Rose of Denmark AUVT

Rosethistle & Shamrock AUVT

Royal Mountain King USCA

Ryan USCA

Ryan Group USAK

S. Branch Stweiacke CNNS

Sailor's Gully AUVT

Salmon River CNNS

Salsigne FRNC

Sambas AUVT

Sandford USAK

Scott Bar USCA

Seal Harbour CNNS

Second Relief CNBC

Sesson Mine USCA

Sheep Ranch USCA

Shenandoah Mine USCA

Sliger USCA

Soo USAK

Soulsbyville USCA

South Uniacke CNNS

Spring Gully AUVT

Stonewall USCA

Sultan AUVT

Surf Inlet CNBC

Sutter Creek USCA

Sylvanite USOR

Tangier CNNS

Taylor USCA

Tipperary Mine NZLD

Toombou AUVT

Treadwell Mines USAK

Truscott USCA

Uncle Sam USCA

Upper Seal Harbour CNNS

Valley View USCA

Vogler's Cove CNNS

Ward CNBC

Warrington USCA

Washington USCA

Wattle Gully AUVT

Waverley CNNS

Wayside CNBC

West Gore CNNS

West Jacksonville USCA

Westland NZLD

Whiteburn CNNS

Whitlock East USCA

Whitlock West USCA

Wilshire-Bishop USCA

Wine Harbour CNNS

Yankee Hill USCA

Zeila USCA