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Cathedral Well, Nevada
| Target Commodity: |  | Au |
| Partnership Status: | | Eldorado Gold Corporation lease/option |
| Land Position: | | 5,030 acres; 261 U.S. unpatented lode mining claims |
| Property Location: | | Green Springs district of southwestern White Pine County, Nevada (~60 km southwest of Ely), straddling the western flank of the White Pine Range and adjacent Railroad Valley |
- In proximity of historic Green Springs gold mine and cyanide heap-leach operation (1.1 million metric tonnes of ore averaging 2.1 g/t gold)
- Located in region characterized by numerous jasperoid occurrences and past-producing gold mines - including Green Springs itself, Illipah, Alligator Ridge, EZ Junior and Pan prospect - regarded to be the southern continuation of the Battle Mountain-Eureka trend
- New mapping and reinterpretation of district structural geology by BCE team reveal multiple targets including:
- Undiscovered high-grade feeder structures of known mineralized zones
- Structural offsets of known ore deposits and recognized productive stratigraphic horizons
- Bulk-tonnage deposits in other stratigraphic horizons suggested by extensive areas of jasperoid and other alteration outcropping on BCE property
- Undiscovered high-grade feeder structures of known mineralized zones