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Slide Creek Prospects

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044644
MRDS ID M232192
Record type Site
Current site name Slide Creek Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.29869, 41.85157 (WGS84)
Relative position ON SLIDE CREEK BETWEEN GODS POCKET CREEK AND THE EASTFORK OF THE JARBIDGE RIVER.

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 21,22,27,28 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE TRAIL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result 0.02% PB
Result 0.2 OZ/TON AG
Result TR-AU, TR.CU IN SAMPLES

Host and associated rocks

  • 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) -115.29869, 41.85157
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jarbidge District

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL OLD CLAIM POSTS FOUND, WITH NO WORKINGS

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 COUNTY, NEV. U.S.G.S. BULL. 1439

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL OLD CLAIM POST FOUND IN THE 2-MILE STRETCH BETWEEN GODS POCKET CREEK AND THE EASTFORK OF THE JARBIDGE RIVER, BUT NO WORKINGS WERE FOUND ; 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

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