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Trout Creek Gold Prospect

Prospect in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310571
Record type Site
Current site name Trout Creek Gold Prospect
Related records 10310521

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.77728, 41.78047 (WGS84)
Relative position The Trout Creek gold prospect is located several miles southeast of the copper mines and historic town of Contact, Nevada.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Contact(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackpot(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salmon Falls(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 045N 063E 23, 24, 25, 26, 35, 36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM is to center of claim blocks.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Materials: gold
  • Gangue Materials: quartz

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification generally accompanies mineralization.

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 Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Humboldt Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.77728, 41.78047
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Regular sets of joints, fractures, and faults

Ore body information

  • General form Tabular

Controls for ore emplacement

  • granodiorite contact, intrusive veins, fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1913
Production years 1913-1930; 1952-1957

Mining district

District name Contact District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area
Area name Wells BLM Administrative District
Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Challenger Gold, Inc.
    Year 1993

Comments on other economic factors

  • Unknown but reportedly significant

Comments on development

  • Copper has been mined from the Contact District mines since the1880s with most of the district production from the Marshall (Nevada-Bellevue) Mine, which is located on the Delano and Copper King groups of claims. These claims were discovered and located in the late 1880s, but no production was recorded until 1913. The Nevada-Bellevue Copper Mining Co. was organized about 1917, and encompassed 10 claims on which there were 12 small mines and prospects. Major production occurred during the years 1913-30, but nearly half of the Contact District production was made during 1952-57.
    The current gold prospect, located a few miles southeast of Contact has been explored in 1986-87, and 1991-92.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Smith, R.M. (1976) Mineral Resources of Elko Co., Nev: USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45

  • Deposit

    Schrader, F.C. (1935) The Contact Mining District, Nevada: USGS Bull. 847-A.

  • Deposit

    Hope, R.A. & Coats, R.R. (1976) Prelim. Geologic Map of Elko Co., Nev: USGS OFR 76-779

  • Deposit

    Granger, A.E., et. al. (1957) Geology and Mineral Resources of Elko Co., Nevada: Nevada Bur. Mines Bull. 54.

  • Deposit

    LaPointe and others, 1991

  • Deposit

    Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-206A, 33 p.; 98-206B. one 3.5 inch diskette.

  • Deposit

    Davis and Tingley, 1999; Limbach, 1991, 1993; Tingley, 1998; United States Bureau of Land Management, 1978l; United States Geological Survey, 1968j, 1989i

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit The deposit consists of stringers of high grade ore surrounded by subeconomic material.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-2003 LaPointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Editor 01-SEP-2007 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey Converted from S&A FileMaker format to Oracle. Edit checks on rocks, units, and ages with Geolex search, and other fields.

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