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Rock Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Antimony
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045605
MRDS ID M233378
Record type Site
Current site name Rock Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.50011, 41.33601 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Rock Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rock(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 040N 048E 23 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Stibnite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.50011, 41.33601
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description North-Trending East Dipping Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ANDESITE IS CUT BY NORTH-TRENDING FAULTS THAT DIP STEEPLY EAST ALONG THE FAULTS CINNABAR OCCURS W/PYRITE, IN QUARTZ VEINLETS AND DISSEMINATED IN ALTERRED ANDESITE. SOME STIBNITE IS SAID TO ACCOMPANY THE ORE (BAILEY & PHOENIX).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF DEVELOPEMENT DONE BY 1943, WITH NO PRODUCTION RECORDED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BAILEY AND PHOENIX (1944) QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 41

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN/FAULT ZONE WITH CINNABAR VEINLETS & DISSEMINATIONS.
Deposit LOCATED A MILE NORTH OF ROCK CREEK, ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT. HAD BEEN DONE BY 1943, AND NO PRODUCTION HAD BEEN RECORDED ; 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

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