The Cougar Mountain Prospect is a mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 10,499 feet.
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: 10,499 Feet (3,200 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.79278, -115.36611
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Cougar Mountain Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cougar Mountain Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Knight And Blakely
Years: 1923 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1918
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
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 (Location): ON COUGAR MT. BETWEEN THE 5TH & 6TH CRATER
Comment (Deposit): CONTAINS SEVERAL OPENINGS CONSIDERABLE DEVELOPMENT DONE STARTING IN 1918 AND CONTINUING AT LEAST UNTIL 1923. SEVERAL PROMOSING VEINS WERE FOUND. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): SEVERAL OPENINGS. CONSIDERABLE DEVELOPMENT DONE STARTING IN 1918, THROUGH AT LEAST 1923, WITH SEVERAL PROMISING VEINS FOUND.
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C.(1923)JARBIDGE MINING DISTR., NEV. USGS 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.
