The Candy Prospect is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Candy Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Candy Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1919
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Crater Range
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): ASSOC. WITH AVIS A LITTLE ZIRCON & APATITE & CONSIDERABLE MAGNETITE
Comment (Deposit): PART OF FIRST CRATER GROUP. DISCOVERED IN 1919 BY MARK LEFFLER OF JARBIDGE. IS ON THE NORTHWARD CONTINUATION OF THE ALTITUTE VEIN. VEIN IS 5' TO 15' WIDE, BANDED, AND CONTAINS A 10-INCH SHOOT OF HIGH-GRADE ORE THAT CONTAINS MUCH FREE AU. MOST OF THE AU IS OF A PALE BRASS COLOR. 110-FT. CROSSCUT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): MILE NORTH OF FIRST CRATER, ON THE EAST SLOPE OF NORTH MOUNTAIN BETWEEN THE HEADS OF JENNY CREEK AND JACK CREEK.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN (NORTHWARD CONTINUATION OF THE LATITUDE VEIN)
Comment (Workings): CROSSCUT
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C.(1923) JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT, N.V., USGS BULL.741
Reference (Deposit): (1912) A RECONNAISSSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NV., USGS BULL. 497
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, M.B.(1957) GEOL. & MINL. RES. OF ELKO CO., NV: NBM BULL.54
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.
