Dugway, Utah

The Dugway project is located ~105 km southwest of the Bingham Copper Mine in the Great Basin of Utah.  There are two porphyry targets located on the property as well as the potential for a telescoped epithermal Au/Ag mineralized system overprinting the porphyry systems.  The host rocks consist of Paleozoic carbonate rocks and the underlying Cambrian Prospect Mountain Quartzite were intruded during the Oligocene. Post-mineral normal faulting has tilted and offset the mineralized system to the southwest.  Alteration is characterized by quartz-sulfide veins hosted in the Cambrian Prospect Mountain Quartzite; and bleaching, recrystallization, and silicification hosted in Paleozoic carbonate rocks.

Much of the historic metal production in the district came from a central horst, having predominantly Cu-Pb-Zn-Au veins on the northwest end of the range, and Zn-Pb-Ag replacements to the south and east. Precious metals mineralization in the district is best observed at the Buckhorn mine. The Dugway project is available for partnership.

Note: The nearby mines and deposits mentioned above provide context for EMX’s Project, which occurs in a similar geologic setting, but this is not necessarily indicative that the project hosts similar tonnages or grades of mineralization

Maps

Map showing alteration styles and Mo from rock chip samples across the Dugway Mining district. Click to Enlarge

Photos

Quartz sulfide veins in Prospect Mountain Quartzite Click to Enlarge
Vein cutting carbonate rocks containing silica after bladed calcite Click to Enlarge