Cunningham Prospect

The Cunningham Prospect is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,900 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

Name: Cunningham Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.