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Keough Prospect

Occurrence in Pershing 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044920
MRDS ID M232555
Record type Site
Current site name Keough Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.59043, 40.73183 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scossa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 030E 15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON WEST VEIN OF NORTH STAR GROUP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Electrum Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz 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 Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.59043, 40.73183
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Sw Fracture Zones

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • At Or Neat Intersection Of Vein And Dike

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Scossa District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 3.66M

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES ET AL., 1931, PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF THE SCOSSA MINING DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 25 NO. 4

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 3 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN THE KEOUGH BLOCK A 12-FT. SHAFT SHOWS A VEIN 2 FEET WIDE CUTTING DOWN VERTICALLY THROUGH SLATES INCLINED AT AN ANGLE OF 74 DEGREES. IT IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWARD EXTENSION OF THE SAME VEIN ON WHICH THE GAYER LEASE IS LOCATED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 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

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