Coyote Prospect

Prospect in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047446
MRDS ID M242751
Record type Site
Current site name Coyote Prospect
Alternate or previous names Coyote Nos. 1-78 Claims
Related records 10222606

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.23514, 40.23157 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES NW OF RELIEF CANYON GOLD DEPOSIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buffalo Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 027N;027N 033E;034E 01,02,12,13;06 SW (01); E2 (13) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH SIDE OF BLACK KNOB IN WEST HUMBOLDT RANGE UTM TO NEAR CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 104
USGS model code 25a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 45

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.23514, 40.23157

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Black Knob District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Rochester Minerals Inc., Vancouver, B. C.
    First year 1985

Comments on the workings information

  • DRILLING

Comments on development

  • 1983: RECONNAISSANCE MAGNETOMETER SURVEY WORK SHOWED SOME RESPONSE OVER THE AREA OF INTEREST. 1984: ROCHESTER MINERALS COMPLETED 11 REVERSE CIRCULATION DRILL HOLES OVER 2600 FT AND ENCOUNTERED NO SILVER TARGETS, BUT ROCHESTER STILL PLANS TO EXPLORE THE PROPERTY EITHER ON ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR WITH A JOINT VENTURER. ONE DRILL HOLE DID ENCOUNTER DETECTABLE GOLD: DRILLED AT A 15-FT INTERVAL FROM 270-285 AVERAGED 0.032 OZ/ST AU (1 PPM). NBMG GEOLOGIST IN THE FIELD IN THIS AREA IN SEPT, 1984 DID NOT NOTE ANY ACTIVITY HERE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE SEARCH ANNUAL 1984-85, VOL. VII, P. 109-110

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD 9/19/84

  • Deposit

    GEORGE CROSS NEWSLETTER 9/5/84, P. 3. AND 9/19/84.

  • Deposit

    BLM CLAIM INFORMATION, 1986.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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