Three Metals Prospect

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001019
MRDS ID M242486
Record type District
Current site name Three Metals Prospect
Alternate or previous names Weepah Lead Silver Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.51872, 37.91854 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position UNSURVEYED AREA. EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972), 500M

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weepah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(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 Esmeralda

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) HYDROTHERMAL
  • (Local) SILICIFICATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.51872, 37.91854

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • BEDDING, SHEAR ZONES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DICK,J.G., 1965, PRELIMDNARY REPORT ON WEEPAH LEAD SILVER DEPOSITS, THREE METALS MINING PROPERTY: UNPUBLISHED CONSULTANTS REPORT ON FIEL-NBMG DISTRICT FILE 96

  • Deposit

    ALBERS,J.P. AND STEWART,E.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78.

  • Deposit

    NBMG OFR 83-8, 83-11, 1983.

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.