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Creston Prospect

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Alteration
  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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055083
MRDS ID RE00021
Record type Site
Current site name Creston Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.0557, 39.41657 (WGS84)
Elevation 1365
Relative position 3 MILES FROM LAHONTAN DAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lahontan Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 18N 26E 22 NW OF NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM TAKEN ON PROSPECT SYMBOL ADJACENT TO BOUNDARY BETWEEN SECTIONS 21 & 22, DIRECTLY WEST OF "P" IN "PROSPECT" ON TOPO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.0557, 39.41657
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 60SW
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILICIFIED BRECCIA WITH SOME PYRITE CUTS ANDESITE-BASALT LAVA FLOWS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Camp Gregory (Dead Camel)

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHN, D. A., AND SHERLOCK, M.G., 1991, MAP SHOWING MINES AND PROSPECTS IN THE RENO 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA, USGS MF-2154-B, SITE # 01

  • Deposit

    JOHN, D.A., 1987, UNPUBLISHED FIELD NOTES, 27 MAY, 1987

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3-4 FT WIDE FAULT ZONE
Deposit SITE VISITED BY DAVE JOHN (USGS) 27 MAY, 1987 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1991 Marcus, Susan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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