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Cougar Mountain Prospect

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045273
MRDS ID M232972
Record type Site
Current site name Cougar Mountain Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.36702, 41.79268 (WGS84)
Elevation 3200
Relative position 7 MILES S.E. OF JARBIDGE

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 045N 058E 13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON COUGAR MT. BETWEEN THE 5TH & 6TH CRATER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

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) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • 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) -115.36702, 41.79268
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1918

Mining district

District name Jarbidge District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Knight And Blakely
    First year 1923

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL OPENINGS. CONSIDERABLE DEVELOPMENT DONE STARTING IN 1918, THROUGH AT LEAST 1923, WITH SEVERAL PROMISING VEINS FOUND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C.(1923)JARBIDGE MINING DISTR., NEV. USGS BULL 741

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTAINS SEVERAL OPENINGS CONSIDERABLE DEVELOPMENT DONE STARTING IN 1918 AND CONTINUING AT LEAST UNTIL 1923. SEVERAL PROMOSING VEINS WERE FOUND. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Green, Abby 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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