The Coon Creek Prospects is a copper, tungsten, and molybdenum mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Copper, Tungsten, Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 41.81722, -115.47694
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Coon Creek Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Coon Creek Prospects
Secondary: Rowland
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Molybdenum
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1910
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: W skarn
Orebody
Form: TABULAR RTO IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Crater Range
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TACTITE ZONE ALONG IGNEOUS CONTACT
Comment (Workings): 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS
Comment (Deposit): THERE ARE TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF OPEN CUTS. FOUR TONS OFORE ARE AVERAGING 3.8% WOZ AFTER SORTING HAVE BEEN PRODUCED. LIMESTONES & SHALESHAVE BEEN ALTERED TO GARNET, EPIDOTE, QUARTZ, AND CALCITE IN A ZONE UP TO 100 FEET WIDE ZLONG THE CONTACT OF THE COFFEPOT STOCK. A NUMBER OF SMALL FAULTS CUT THE STOCK AND SEDIMENTARY ROCKS CAUSING A "CHOPPED-UP" PATTERN. FINELY DISSEMINATED SCHULITE & ASSOCIATED MOLYBDENITE & POWELLITE, PYRITE, AND CHALCOPYRITE AND SCATTERED IRREGUALRLY THROUGH THE TACTITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH,R.M.(1969) MINL. RES. OF ELKO CO., NV., USGS OPEN FILE REPT. 1976-56
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER,F.C.(1923) JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT, NV.: USGS BULL.741
Reference (Deposit): (1912) A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NV: USGS BULL.497
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING J.H.(1968)MOLYBDENIUM RESOURCES OF NEVADA,NBML,UNPUBLISHED REPORT, OPEN FILE
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.
