Iron point
in this portion of the district
Target
Twin Creeks-Turquoise Ridge type sediment hosted gold deposit in Lower Plate carbonate rocks below the Roberts Mountain Thrust, as well as Preble or Lone Tree type sediment-hosted gold deposit within the lower plate of the Golconda Thrust.
Historic / Nearby Production
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Located 35km east of Winnemucca Nevada, at the intersect,ion of the prolific Battle Mountain-Eureka and Getchell-Twin Creeks gold trends.
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25km south of NGM’s Twin Creeks-Turquoise Ridge Complex
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8km northwest of i-80 Gold’s Lone Tree (8M oz Au).
Outlook
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Drilling has intersected multiple zones of gold mineralization hosted in Upper Plate siliciclastic rocks. These shallow lower-grade intercepts were interpreted as leakage from a larger Carlin-type system at depth.
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The project remains largely unexplored at depth for a Lower Plate carbonate-hosted gold system.
IP22-005: 9.2m @ 1.04 g/t Au from 675.4-684.6m.
Past Explorers
Buffalo Valley
in this portion of the district
Target
Carlin-style gold systems similar to Marigold, Phoenix or Cove-McCoy, br hosted on strong gravity and magnetic structural trends.
Historic / Nearby Production
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Adjoins south margin of SSR Mining’s Marigold Complex (12.7M oz Au)
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1.5km west of NGM’s Phoenix Mine
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6km north of i-80 Gold Corp’s Cove-McCoy Mine
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Major north-south trending structures extend from the Marigold complex deposits onto Made in America Gold claim block.
Outlook
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This target area is largely covered by sand and gravel, which regional gravity data suggests is shallow; geophysics are a valuable tool in this terrain.
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A detailed gravity survey is underway to refine basement geometry and delineate structures that may control mineralization.
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Widespread shallow historical drilling in Upper Plate rocks by major and junior explorers from 1985 to 2007 to provide vectors toward deeper mineralization.
Past Explorers
Mill Creek
in 2016 to 2019
Target
Gold skarns hosted in Triassic carbonates above the RMT, similar to Phoenix and Cove-McCoy, Upper Plate-hosted Carlin-style gold systems like Marigold and Lone Tree, and Lower Plate systems like Pipeline.
Historic / Nearby Production
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4km east and north of i-80’s McCoy-Cove Mine (4M oz Au) a gold skarn system hosted in Triassic carbonates, uniquely situated above the Roberts Mtn Thrust.
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Adjacent to Mountain Springs barite mine, a strong indicator for a nearby Carlin-type deposit.
Outlook
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At the intersection of the Cortez Structural Zone and mineralized North-South structures found at Phoenix.
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Detailed gravity surveys with 200m station spacing completed in 2024 show shallow depth to the target host rock and delineate controlling structures.
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Ionic Leach™ soil survey underway to test for upward movement of gold, silver, and copper around a large magnetic body inferred as an Eocene intrusion.
Past Explorers
Horse Mountain
Acres / Pipeline complex
Target
Sediment-hosted gold exploration targets in upper and lower plate rocks. A database of 182 holes drilled since 1973, with gold intercepts reported in Upper and Lower Plate carbonates.
Nearby JV Activity
Adjoins Ridgeline Minerals/Nevada Gold Mines Swift Project JV ( ) with:
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$30M Earn-In Agreement announced September 2021, $10M to date.
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Widespread historical drilling shows gold mineralization trends southward from Nevada Gold Mines’ claims onto Made in America Gold ground.
Riley Gold Corp / Kinross PWC Project JV with $20M Earn-In:
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Agreement announced March 2024 / Drill program commenced July 2024 and in June 2025
Outlook
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Both NGM and Kinross have recently been successful in identifying Carlin-type mineralization on trend with our ground.
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NGM’s planned and ongoing drilling at Swift are as little as 200m north of the HM boundary, with gold mineralization increasing in grade and shallowing significantly towards MIAG’s ground.
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New airborne hyperspectral alteration mapping and soil geochemistry suggest an emerging target on trend to the southeast.
Past Explorers
Lewis
Mountain, Nevada
Target
The last untested gold district in the heart of elephant country. Widespread Upper Plate mineralization similar to the Hilltop gold deposit to the east. Potential at depth for an intrusion-related gold-copper skarn, akin to Phoenix and Cove-McCoy gold mines to the west.
Historic / Nearby Production
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Underground operations at Betty O’Neal Mine and adjacent tunnels from 1880-1928 reported 5M oz Ag and 20,000 oz Au.
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St. George Metals in 1986-1990 identified a low-grade open-pit resource (NI43-101 non-compliant) in two areas totaling 65,000 oz Au.
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Adjacent to and on trend with NGM’s Hilltop Deposit (reported 2M oz Au @ 0.875 g/t).
Outlook
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Nevada King’s LS21-015 intercepted 83.9m of 1.04 g/t Au, over two zones including 15.2m of 1.55 g/t Au and 62.5m of 1.02 g/t.
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These shallow higher-grade intercepts are interpreted as leakage from a larger carlin-type system at depth.
Past Explorers
Hilltop South
Mountain, Nevada
Target
Upper Plate distal sediment hosted gold along the southeastern extension of NGM’s Hilltop deposit, as leakage from a larger Lower Plate Carlin-style target.
Historic / Nearby Production
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Historic Gray Eagle underground gold mine, intrusion-related similar to the nearby Robertson (5.4M oz Au)
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NGM’s Hilltop deposit (reported 2M+ oz Au)
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6km north of i-80 Gold Corp’s Cove-McCoy Mine (4M oz Au)
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Major north-south trending structures extend from the Marigold complex deposits onto Made in America Gold claim block.
Outlook
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Rock samples collected by Made in America Gold in altered Upper Plate rocks across a 6km2 area range in gold values from <0.005 to 0.295 g/t Au and are accompanied by anomalous As-Hg-Sb.
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Potential for extending NGM’s Hilltop deposit to the southeast onto Made in America Gold’s ground.
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Widespread gold in soil anomalies indicate potential for a sediment-hosted Au deposit around the Eocene age stock centered on the Historic Gray Eagle gold mine.
Past Explorers
Carico Lake
2016 to 2019
Target
Caldera hosted epithermal and Carlin-type gold mineralization at the contact between Eocene Caetano tuffs and basement carbonate rocks, similar to the 1.1Moz deposit at Nevada King Gold’s Atlanta Mine Project.
Outlook
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Claim blocks straddle a NE-trending gravity high that heads towards the Horse Mountain Project. Intersection of NE-trending structures and WNW trending Caetano Caldera margin is an attractive exploration target.
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Widespread historical drilling by numerous major and junior explorers during the period 1981-2002 tested siliciclastic and carbonate lithotypes in the Upper Plate Roberts Mountain and Upper Plate Golconda assemblages.
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Large region hosting anomalous Au-As-Hg values in caldera volcanics and at Upper Plate unconformity.
Past Explorers
Cedars
the Iron Butte-Cedars resource.
Target
Surrounding a 600koz Carlin-type gold deposit within the Golconda Thrust, similar to the Preble or Lone Tree deposits, with potential for Lower plate gold mineralization on the margin of the Caetano Caldera.
Outlook
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The latest resource calculation in 2010 showed 606,186 Oz gold at an average grade of 0.617 g/t Au and over 10 Moz silver. This is a historic estimate by NI43-101 standards and based on drilling by Chevron. The higher grade > 0.5 g/t Au portion of the deposit, occurs at and near surface.
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The resource zone hosts strong silica veining and flooding within a large alteration halo typical of Caldera related epithermal or Carlin-type systems.
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Extensive gold and trace element anomalies continue onto Made in America Gold claims on parallel trends and WNW cross structures.
Past Explorers
South Cortez/South Tonkin
Goldrush/Fourmile
in 2025 from NewQuest Capital.
Target
Classic Carlin-type gold mineralization in Lower Plate of Robert’s Mountain thrust related to Eocene magmatism on trend with Cortez Hills and Goldrush/Fourmile to north.
Historic / Nearby Production
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Cortez is one of the largest gold-producing districts in the world, with multiple past producers, active mines and several new discoveries within 20km radius.
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>50M ounces of gold endowment
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Multiple >10M ounce gold deposits
Outlook
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Large volume of existing data including gravity, magnetics, CSAMT, seismic, mapping, surface sampling and historical drilling.
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Favorable lower-plate host rock stratigraphy has been drilled at < 400 m depth in historic drilling in center of South Cortez.
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Limited historic drilling reached target stratigraphy, especially relative to neighboring land packages controlled by majors. Vast majority of ground has not been explored.
Past Explorers
Kobeh Valley
50 km south-east of the Cortez Mine
Target
Sediment-hosted gold exploration targets in lower plate rocks within south-central portion of Battle Mountain Trend between Cortez and Eureka.
Historic / Nearby Production
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Bounds the western margin of I-80 Gold’s Ruby Hill Mine property (7.4M oz Au).
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Also bounds southern margin of McEwen Mining’s Gold Bar mining complex, with reported M+I gold resource of 30M tons grading 0.92 g/t Au for 819,000oz (2019 estimate).
Outlook
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This region is largely covered by alluvium which gravity data suggests is shallow, with mineralization trending onto Made in America Gold’s large claim block along several north-south structures.
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Favorable environment for sediment-hosted gold deposit hosted in Lower Plate carbonates given its proximity to McEwen Mining’s large Gold Bar complex.
Past Explorers