Coon Creek Prospects

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Tungsten, Molybdenum
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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045271
MRDS ID M232970
Record type Site
Current site name Coon Creek Prospects
Alternate or previous names Rowland

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.47786, 41.81712 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 MI SW OF JARBIDGE ON C CK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jarbidge South(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045N 058E 06;07 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Powellite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Jarbidge Rhyolite;Coffeepot Stock
    Rock description Jarbidge Rhyolite;Coffeepot Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • 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) -115.47786, 41.81712

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Crater Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR RTO IRREGULAR
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910

Mining district

District name Jarbidge District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH,R.M.(1969) MINL. RES. OF ELKO CO., NV., USGS OPEN FILE REPT. 1976-56

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER,F.C.(1923) JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT, NV.: USGS BULL.741

  • Deposit

    (1912) A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NV: USGS BULL.497

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING J.H.(1968)MOLYBDENIUM RESOURCES OF NEVADA,NBML,UNPUBLISHED REPORT, OPEN FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF OPEN CUTS. FOUR TONS OFORE ARE AVERAGING 3.8% WOZ AFTER SORTING HAVE BEEN PRODUCED. LIMESTONES & SHALESHAVE BEEN ALTERED TO GARNET, EPIDOTE, QUARTZ, AND CALCITE IN A ZONE UP TO 100 FEET WIDE ZLONG THE CONTACT OF THE COFFEPOT STOCK. A NUMBER OF SMALL FAULTS CUT THE STOCK AND SEDIMENTARY ROCKS CAUSING A "CHOPPED-UP" PATTERN. FINELY DISSEMINATED SCHULITE & ASSOCIATED MOLYBDENITE & POWELLITE, PYRITE, AND CHALCOPYRITE AND SCATTERED IRREGUALRLY THROUGH THE TACTITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit TACTITE ZONE ALONG IGNEOUS CONTACT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Depta, Mary J. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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