Ciran Prospect

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043893
MRDS ID M231192
Record type Site
Current site name Ciran Prospect
Alternate or previous names New Strike Prospect, Yellow Jacket Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.06568, 39.38241 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wonder Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 035E 32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MI SOUTH OF TWIN PEAKS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.06568, 39.38241

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 60 NE
    Length 152.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Rhyolite & Quartz Latite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wonder

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F. C., UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA, 1947; NBMG FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSITS OCCUR MAINLY IN A LODE ON THE CONTACT OF A 90-FOOT WIDE THYOLITIC DIKE WITH COUNTRY ROCK QUARTZ LATITE. THE DEPOSITS OCCUR MOSTLY IN THE FOOTWALL RHYOLITE. THE GANGUE IS LARGELY JASPEROID REPLACEMENT QUARTZ STAINED REDDISH WITH HEMATITE. THE LODE DIPS 60NE AND CROPPINGS EXTEND THROUGH A VERTICAL RANGE OF SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET. THE OPENINGS ARE A TUNNEL, CUTS, TRENCHES, AND TEST HOLES. SOME ASSAYS ARE SAID TO HAVE YIELDED 30 OZ SILVER AND $170 GOLD TO THE TON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN AT CONTACT OF RHYOLITE DIKE WITH QUARTZ LATITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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