Rusty Pick Prospect

The Rusty Pick Prospect is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,299 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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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.