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Deer Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097303
MRDS ID M242750
Record type Site
Current site name Deer Prospect
Alternate or previous names Deer #1-#60 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.70874, 40.47018 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldbanks Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 038E 07,15,18,16,17,21,22 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF THE GOLDBANKS QUICKSILVER MINE, SOUTH OF THE PRONTO PLATA MINE. UTM IS TO CENTRAL AREA OF CLAIM BLOCK . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Mercury Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.70874, 40.47018
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goldbanks District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Great West Gold And Silver Inc.
    First year 1985
  • Type Owner
    Owner Great West Gold And Silver, Inc. , (Owner-Operator 100%)
    First year 1985

Comments on the workings information

  • DRILLING-

Comments on development

  • DEER CLAIMS WERE STAKED OCT, 1982 BY LAWRENCE FULTZ AND DESERT VENTURES,-TOTAL OF 72 CLAIMS. KENNECOTT DRILLED 4 HOLES IN 1984, AND IN 1985, GREAT WEST DID ASSECSMENT WORK ON THE PROPERTY. IN 1985, GREAT WEST IS LOOKING FOR A JOINT VENTURE PARTNER TO DRILL THIS LOW-GRADE, BULK TONNAGE TARGET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINESEARCH ANNUAL 1984-85, VOL. VII, P. 126; METALS ECONOMICS GROUP, BOULDER CO.

  • Deposit

    BLM CLAIM INFORMATION, 1985.

  • Deposit

    KELLOGG WARDNER NEWS, 6/20/85, P. 3.; 3/7/85, P. 3.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL. 89, PL. I.

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

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