The Bullion Prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 10,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 10,299 Feet (3,139 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 41.8575, -115.38333
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Bullion Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bullion Prospect
Secondary: Bullion Group Includes Bullion Claims 1-14burke
Secondary: Climax
Secondary: Climax 1 Claims
Secondary: Plus Fractions and Extensions. Some of These Claims Overlap The
Secondary: Earlier Coeur D'Alene-Jarbidge-Victoria Group of Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Jarbidge District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): IN "BIG CRATER" ADJOINING ALTITUDE TO NORTH
Comment (Geology): PART OF THE "EAST VEIN SYSTEM". FOOTWALL CARRIES 1-8" OF CLAYEY "TALCOSE" GOUGE VEINS ARE CLOSELY BANDED, OCCUPYING NORMAL-FAULT FISSURES. A 17-FT VEIN HAS SEVERAL PARALLEL LAYERS OF RELATIVELY, PURE ADULARIA OR QTZ-ADULARIA GANGUE. ADULARIA BANDS, STAINED REDDISH-BROWN WITH HEMATITE AND LIMONITE ARE IN SHARP CONTRAST TO GRAY SULPHIDE BANDS.
Comment (Deposit): IN 1920, THE PROPERTY WAS OWNED BY CRATER MINING CO. OF NEW YORK, AND WAS STAKEDIN PART OVER THE OLD VICTORIA GROUP OF THE COEUR D'ALENE-JARBIDGE G.M.CO. HOLDINGS, DESCRIBED ON ANOTHER SHEET. THE CLAIMS ARE ON N. EXTENSIONS OF THE ALTITUDE AND WINDY VEINS, AND INCLUDE OTHER VEINS PARALLEL TO THSES. MOST VEINS 2-4 FT. WIDE, BUT UP TO 20 FT. WIDE DEVELOPED BY TUNNELS, DRIFTS(ABOUT 150 FT. OF WORKINGS IN 1920) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C.(H12), A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MOUNTAINMINING DISTRICTS, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL 497.
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, M.B.,(1957), GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG. BULL 54.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER,F.C.(1923),JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT,NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL.741
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.
