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Troy Canyon Prospect

Prospect in Pershing 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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047441
MRDS ID M242744
Record type Site
Current site name Troy Canyon Prospect
Alternate or previous names Claims Cover Enterprise Mine Area, Troy #11-46 Claims, Green Rock #2 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.10069, 40.26907 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position TROY CANYON AREA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fitting(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N;028N 034E;035E 24,25,26;30 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.10069, 40.26907
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Spring Valley District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Freeport Minerals Co. (Optionee-Operator-60%)
    First year 1985
  • Type Owner
    Owner Invermay Resources (20%) And Black Thunder Petroleum Corp (20%)- Optionors .
    First year 1985

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT; OLDER ADITS

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 39 CLAIM BLOCKS OVER 840 ACRES. IN 1983, INVERMAY AND BLACK THUNDER COMPLETED ROAD CONSTRUCTION, TRENCHING AND DRILL SITE PREPARATION. 135 SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED AND RETURNED ASSAYS RANGING FROM TRACE TO 1.046 OZ/ST AU. EIGHT ZONES OF POTENTIAL MINERALIZATION WERE IDENTIFIED. IN 1985, FREEPORT MINERALS TOOK A 60% OPTION ON THE PROPERTY, AND THEY HAVE 5 YEARS TO COMPLETE THEIR OPTION REQUIREMENTS OF SPENDING $1.1 MILLION FOR EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT TO EARN A 60% INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINESEARCH, ANNUAL 1984-85, VOL. VII, P. 465-466; METALS ECONOMICS GROUP, BOULDER, CO.

  • Deposit

    TODAYS MARKET LINE, 11/18/83; 12/12/83

  • Deposit

    GEORGE CROSS NEWSLETTER, 4/10/85, P. 2; 10/30/84, P.2.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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