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Grand Prize

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  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 10045527
MRDS ID M233294
Record type Site
Current site name Grand Prize

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.21843, 41.3174 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 040N 051E 34 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Early Propylitic, And Inner Potassic Zones

Analytical data

Result AVG. VALUE OF ORE PRODUCED WAS $77/TON (NOLAN

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.21843, 41.3174
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description East-Striking Faults, Conjugate To A Set Of Northwest-Striking Faults.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersections Of Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE BEST ORE SHOOTS PITCHED NORTHWARD ALONG THE INTERSECTIONS OF FISSURES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tuscarora

Comments on the production information

  • AVERAGE ORE VALUE WAS $77/TON AT TIME OF PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 228.6M

Comments on development

  • ONE OF THE LARGEST BONANZA-TYPE EPITHERMAL VEIN DEPOSITS IN THE DISTRICT MOST PRODUCTION WAS PRIOR TO 1895

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RES. OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    NOLAN. T. B. (1936) TUSCARORA MINING DISTRICT, ELKO CO. NEV., NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 25

  • Production

    NOLAN, T. B.(1936)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEST ORE SHOOTS FORMED AT INTERSECTIONS OF FISSURES. ORE MINERALS WERE NATIVE SILVER, HORN SILVER & SILVER SULPHIDES
Deposit TYPICAL BONANZA TYPE EPITHERMAL VEIN DEPOSIT. ONE OF THE LARGEST MINES IN THE DISTRICT, THE MAJORITY OF PRODUCTION TOOK PLACE PRIOR TO 1895. THE DEPTH OF THE WORKINGS EXTENDED 750 FT. BELOW THE SURFACE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Kirkham, Richard A. 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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