The Rusty Pick Prospect is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,299 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.40417, -118.20972
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Rusty Pick Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rusty Pick Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rye Patch District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): AVERAGE WIDTH OF QUARTZ VEIN IS 10 INCHES.
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPMENT WORK CONSISTS OF A SMALL SHAFT, 28 FEET DEEP, WITH A DRIFT 2 FT. NORTH AND 13 FT. SOUTH; AND A FEW SHALLOW SURFACE CUTS. MINE OCCURS IN GRANODIORITE NEAR CONTACT WITH RHYOLITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000
Comment (Development): NO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1984.
Comment (Deposit): MINE IS IN GRANODIORITE NEAR CONTACT WITH RHYOLITE THE AVERAGE WIDTH OF THE QUARTZ VEIN IS 10 INCHES
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A SMALL SHAFT 28 FT DEEP, WITH A DRIFT 2 FT NORTH AND 13 FT SOUTH, AND A FEW SHALLOW SURFACE CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
Reference (Deposit): SIRDEVAN, W.H., 1913, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON "THE RUSTY PICK PROSPECT"
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., JR., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF RYE PATCH DISTRICT.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
