Nugent Prospect

Past Producer in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodities Antimony, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105559
MRDS ID W007684
Record type Site
Current site name Nugent Prospect
Related records 10265942

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.73377, 43.06908 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 4 MI N OF SILVER CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murphy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Snake-Succor(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004S 003W 18 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • AT HEAD OF GRAY EAGLE CR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVG GRADE OF VEIN IS 10 % SB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Dike-Pegmatite;Silver City Granite-Granitic Rocks
    Rock description Dike-Pegmatite;Silver City Granite-Granitic Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granodiorite and two-mica granite.

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IN SPARSE POCKETS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Carson District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 94.49M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHER, R. R., 1968, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF A PORTION OF THE SILVER CITY REGION, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 138, 106 P.

  • Deposit

    LAHEIST, B. A., 1964 , MINERAL RESOURCES-ANTIMONY IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1 , P. 64 .

  • Deposit

    1964 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1

  • Deposit

    1968 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPH 138

  • Production

    LAHEIST, B. A., 1964 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1 , P. 46 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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