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Sleeper
Nevada, USA
Main commodities: Au Ag




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 1994.    
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Conrad J E, McKee E H, Rytuba J J, Nash J T, Utterback W C  1993 - Geochronology of the Sleeper Deposit, Humboldt County, Nevada: Epithermal gold-silver mineralization following emplacement of a silica flow-dome complex: in    Econ. Geol.   v88 pp 317-327
Saunders J A  1994 - Silica and gold textures in bonanza ores of the Sleeper deposit, Humboldt County, Nevada: Evidence for colloids and implications for epithermal ore-forming processes: in    Econ. Geol.   v 89 pp 628-638
Wood J D,  1988 - Geology of the Sleeper gold deposit, Humboldt County, Nevada: in Schafer R W, Cooper J J, Vikre P G (Eds), 1988 Bulk Mineable Precious Metal Deposits of the Western United States Geol Soc of Nevada, Reno,    pp 293-302
Wood J D, Amax Exploration  1987 - General geology of the Sleeper gold deposit, Humboldt County, Nevada: in Johnson J L (Ed.), 1987 Bulk Mineable Precious Metal Deposits of the Western United States - Guidebook for Field Trips Geol. Soc. Nevada    pp 173-174


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