Moore Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045293
MRDS ID M232993
Record type Site
Current site name Moore Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.42063, 41.88129 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 2/3 MI. N.E. OF JARBIDGE IN MOORE GULCH 1/2 MILE ABOVE ITS MOUTH. IT IS ON THE SOUTH END OF THE BLUETOP CLAIM, WHICH JOINS THE LONG HIKE PROPERTY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jarbidge North(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 046N 058E 16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = JARBIDGE (1943) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal Alteration Of Rhyolite

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) -115.42063, 41.88129

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N40E
    Dip 65SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN IS IN BROWNISH GRAY, MEDIUM GRAINED HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED RHYOLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Jarbidge District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Moore
    First year 1923

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 15.24M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IT CONSISTS PRINCIPALLY OF A FAIRLY GOOD LUCKING 2 1/2 FOOT-VEIN, WHICH AT THE CABIN STRIKES N.400E AND DIPS 65 DEG SE. THE VEIN ALSO SHOWS IN A NEARBY 20-FOOT SHAFT AND 50-FOOT TUNNEL, WHERE IT IS IN PART SPLIT UP INTO SEVERAL STRINGERS ITLIES IN BROWNISH-GRAY MEDIUM-GRAINED RHYOLITE, WHICH IS HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED, & CONTAINS CCONSIDERABLE SECONDARY QUARTZ & OTHER MINERALS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Gruen, Abby Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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