Young Prospect

Occurrence in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Copper
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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044751
MRDS ID M232331
Record type Site
Current site name Young Prospect
Alternate or previous names Slugger

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.98673, 39.41965 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinto Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Hamilton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Smoky-Newark 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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 053E 22 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM PRECISION 1000 M

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Carbonate About Shear Zone

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 180
USGS model code 27d
Deposit model name Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.98673, 39.41965

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, TABULAR
    Strike N70W
    Dip 40SW
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone Cutting Favorable Horizon

Comments on the geologic information

  • PODS, VEINLETS AND INDIVIDAUL CRYSTALS OF STIBNITE OCCUR IN A SHEER ZONE WHICH CUTS THE LIMESTONE. WHITE, YELLOW AND GREEN ANTIMONY OXIDES OCCUR NEAR THE SURFACE. THE CARBONATE HAS BEEN SILICIFIED AROUND SHEAR ZONE AND FORMS A PROMINENT OUTCROP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO. 105, REF. NO. 3201100148

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE E.F. (1963) ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, N.B. OF M. BULLETIN 61

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PODS, VEINLETS AND CRYSTALS OF STIBNITE OCCUR WHERE A SHEAR ZONE INTERSECTS LIMESTONE.
Deposit THE PROPERTY IS ON THE NORTHWEST SLOPE OF SURPRISE PEAK 1/2 MILE WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE OSWEGO MINE. SEE LAWRENCE (1963) P. 73 FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PROSPECT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. 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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