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Three Day Creek Prospects

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044642
MRDS ID M232187
Record type Site
Current site name Three Day Creek Prospects
Alternate or previous names Maybe Belmont Group : Belmont, Comet, Eclipse, Friday 13th, Hardluck, Lost Pick, Margaret, And Mayflower Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.32897, 41.87379 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position NEAR HEAD OF THREE-DAY CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gods Pocket Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bruneau(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Jarbidge Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 046N 059E 17 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE TRAIL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Jarbidge Rhyolite
    Rock description Jarbidge Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Jarbidge Rhyolite
    Rock description Jarbidge Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.32897, 41.87379
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • 0.7OZ/TON AG; 0.02% PB, TR.AU, TR. CU-INGRABSAMPLE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Jarbidge District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 9.75M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COATS, R.R., GREEN, R.C., CRESS, L.D., 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JARBIDGE WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, ELKO CO., NEV: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1439

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PITS, 12 AND 20 FT. LONG, WITH A 150-LB STOCKPILE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 La Pointe, D.D. 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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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