Bullion Prospect

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

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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.