The Slide Creek Prospects is a lead and silver mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Slide Creek Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Slide Creek Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Jarbidge District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TR-AU, TR.CU IN SAMPLES
Analytical Data: 0.2 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: 0.02% PB
Materials
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR THE TRAIL
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL OLD CLAIM POST FOUND IN THE 2-MILE STRETCH BETWEEN GODS POCKET CREEK AND THE EASTFORK OF THE JARBIDGE RIVER, BUT NO WORKINGS WERE FOUND ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): SEVERAL OLD CLAIM POSTS FOUND, WITH NO WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): COATS, R.R., GREEN, R.C., CRESS, L.D., 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JARBIDGE WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, ELKO COUNTY, NEV. U.S.G.S. BULL. 1439
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.
