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Broad Creek Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044246
MRDS ID M231621
Record type Site
Current site name Broad Creek Prospect
Alternate or previous names Probably Same Location As Old Monitor-Rescue Mining Co Property, And Broad Canyon.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.20925, 38.79437 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position JUST SOUTH OF THE MOUTH OF DEVILS CANYON ABOUT 4.5 MILES S25W FROM DARROUGH'S HOT SPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carvers(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Arc Dome Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N;010N 042E 36;01,02 S2 (36); N2 (01); N2 (02) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATE LOCATION. ON SOUTH SLOPE OF BROAD CANYON IN TOIYABE RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.20925, 38.79437
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, IRREGULAR
    Width 36.58M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Gougy Fault Zone (Vein); Favorable Limestone Horizonfor Replacement Body.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jett District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Monitor-Rescue Mining Co.,Mr. W. D. Higginbotham,Controller, .
    First year 1916

Comments on the production information

  • AMOUNT UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS, 200-FT TUNNEL WITH RAISE TO SURFACE, 340-FT TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G. AND CATHCART, SH, 1954, GEOL. MAP OF ROUND MOUNTAIN QUAD: USGS GEOL. QUAD MAP GQ-40.

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG FILE 234, ITEMS 3, 4.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE QUARTZ VEIN CARRYING SILVER AND LEAD AND ONE IRREGULAR DEPOSIT OF LEAD,ZINC,AND IRON IN LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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