Enriquez Prospect

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044323
MRDS ID M231721
Record type Site
Current site name Enriquez Prospect
Alternate or previous names Long Pick
Related records 10208140

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.88231, 39.15825 (WGS84)
Elevation 1975
Relative position 2.4 MILES WEST OF CLIPPER GAP SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wildcat Peak NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Summit Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 045E 14 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Melaconite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result DUMP SAMPLE ASSAYED 1.12 OZ/TON AU
Result 5.23OZ/T AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.88231, 39.15825

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 22 WN 05-10W
    Dip 70 NE (0NE TO VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along A N 22 W, 70 Ne Shear Zone.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PLUTON IS SURROUNDED BY A METAMORPHIC AUREOLE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Discoverer G. Koquse

Mining district

District name Northumberland District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mason And Holman

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OLD SHAFT 40 FT DEEP.2 PARALLEL ADITS (CAVED)

Comments on development

  • CLAIM RELOCATED AS THE LONG PICK, SEPT., 1981, BY MASON AND HOLMAN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCKEE, EH, 1972, PRELIM. GEOL. MAP OF THE WILDCAT PEAK QUAD AND THE WESTERN PART OF THE DIANAS PUNCH BOWL QUAD: USGS MAP MF-337.

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V.,1981,FIELD EXAMINATION 4/80 AND 9/81.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS, SHATTERED,ALONG SHEAR-ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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