The Ciran Prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.3825, -118.06472
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Ciran Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ciran Prospect
Secondary: New Strike Prospect
Secondary: Yellow Jacket Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Wonder
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): 2 MI SOUTH OF TWIN PEAKS
Comment (Deposit): VEIN AT CONTACT OF RHYOLITE DIKE WITH QUARTZ LATITE
Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSITS OCCUR MAINLY IN A LODE ON THE CONTACT OF A 90-FOOT WIDE THYOLITIC DIKE WITH COUNTRY ROCK QUARTZ LATITE. THE DEPOSITS OCCUR MOSTLY IN THE FOOTWALL RHYOLITE. THE GANGUE IS LARGELY JASPEROID REPLACEMENT QUARTZ STAINED REDDISH WITH HEMATITE. THE LODE DIPS 60NE AND CROPPINGS EXTEND THROUGH A VERTICAL RANGE OF SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET. THE OPENINGS ARE A TUNNEL, CUTS, TRENCHES, AND TEST HOLES. SOME ASSAYS ARE SAID TO HAVE YIELDED 30 OZ SILVER AND $170 GOLD TO THE TON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F. C., UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA, 1947; NBMG FILES
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.
