The Cunningham Prospect is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,900 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.37056, -116.41833
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Cunningham Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cunningham Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Tybo District; Tybo Creek Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Hot Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF INACCESSIBLE SHORT ADITS.
Comment (Geology): THE TWIN PEAKS TUFF FORMS THE FOOTWALL AND THE ANTELOPE VALLEY FORMS THE HANGING WALL OF THE DIMICK FAULT.
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP
Comment (Production): AMOUNT UNKNOWN
References
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1933, GEOLOGY OF THE TYBO DISTRICT: NEV. BUR. OF MINES, BULL, 20, P. 58
Reference (Deposit): QUINLIVAN, W.D. AND ROGERS, C.L., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TYBO QUAD: USGS MAP I-821
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 50.
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.
