The Keough Prospect is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Keough Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Keough Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Scossa 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
Type: Underground
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: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Ne-Sw Fracture Zones
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Electrum
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ON WEST VEIN OF NORTH STAR GROUP
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984.
Comment (Deposit): IN THE KEOUGH BLOCK A 12-FT. SHAFT SHOWS A VEIN 2 FEET WIDE CUTTING DOWN VERTICALLY THROUGH SLATES INCLINED AT AN ANGLE OF 74 DEGREES. IT IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWARD EXTENSION OF THE SAME VEIN ON WHICH THE GAYER LEASE IS LOCATED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): JONES ET AL., 1931, PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF THE SCOSSA MINING DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 25 NO. 4
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 3 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION.
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.
