SEG FOUNDATION – STUDENT FIELD TRIP 11
PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S.
MAY 12 – 18, 2013
— ITINERARY —
Date
12 May
Sunday
Overnight
Prior to 1:00 PM: All Participants meet at McCarran Car Rental Center
7135 Gillespie Street, Las Vegas, NV
1:00 PM: Depart for Kingman, AZ
6:00 PM: Required Safety and Logistics Meeting for all participants
13 May
Monday
Lodging: Best Western “A Wayfarer’s Inn and Suites”
2815 E. Andy Devine Avenue, Kingman, Arizona
Tel: +1 928.753.6271 (“Tricia”)
6:30 AM: Travel to Gold Road Mine, Oatman District
Review Oatman District history and low-sulfidation vein systems
Kingman, AZ
Contact: Addwest Minerals, Inc. (pvt). – Tel: +1 928.768.1600
14 May
Tuesday
Lodging: Best Western “A Wayfarer’s Inn and Suites”
6:30 AM: Travel to Mineral Park Cu-Mo Mine; porphyry Cu-Mo deposit
Review mine-site geology, drill core, alteration and mineralization.
http://www.mercatorminerals.com/s/MineralParkMine.asp
Kingman, AZ
Contact: Dave Nonnast, Chief Geologist , Mercator Minerals
[email protected]
Lodging: Best Western Pahrump Station
1101 S Highway 160, Pahrump, Nevada
Tel: +1 775.727.5100
15 May
Wednesday
Pahrump, NV
7:00 AM: Travel to Sterling Mine, Bullfrog District (74 miles)
Review structural setting of Bullfrog-Montgomery-Shoshone Au-Ag deposits
http://www.imperialmetals.com/s/Development_Sterling.asp
Contact: Chuck Stevens, Imperial Metals - Tel +1 866.608.4381
[email protected]
PM: Travel to Tonopah, NV (94 miles)
Lodging: Best Western Hi-Desert Inn
320 Main Street, Highways 6 & 95
Tel: +1 775.482.3511
Tonopah, NV
SEG FOUNDATION STUDENT FIELD TRIP 11 (continued)
Date
16 May
Thursday
Overnight
7:00 AM: Travel to Round Mountain (61 miles)
Structurally-controlled, low-sulfidation Au system
http://www.kinross.com/operations/operation-round-mountain,-usa.aspx
Contact:
Round Mountain Joint Venture – Smoky Valley Common Operation
Tel: +1 775.377.2366
Kinross Mining, Toronto
Tel: +1 416.365.5123
Barrick Gold Corp
Tel: +1 416 861-9911
Lodging: Best Western Hi-Desert Inn
Tonopah, NV
Tel: +1 775. 482.3511
17 May
Friday
Tonopah, NV
7:00 AM: Travel to Goldfield Au-Ag District
High-Sulfidation Au-Ag-(Cu, As) epithermal system; review systems and alteration
http://www.intlminerals.com/properties/nevada/goldfield-property
Contact: Jeff Rassuchine, International Minerals
[email protected]
PM: Travel to Shoshone, California
Lodging: Shoshone Inn
Shoshone, CA – Tel: +1 760.852.4335
Shoshone, CA
6:00 PM: Closing Dinner and Presentation of Certificates to Participants
18 May
Saturday
6:30 AM: Travel to Las Vegas airport – Course Ends
Participants may plan to depart Las Vegas airport after 10:00 AM.
Leaders
Dr. William X. Chávez, Jr.
New Mexico School of Mines
Socorro, New Mexico 87801
[email protected]
Office: 575.835.5317
Mobile: 505.250.0354
Dr. Erich U. Petersen
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
[email protected]
Office: 801.585.6656
Mobile: 801.440.1069
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