The Rock Creek Prospect is a mercury and antimony mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Rock Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rock Creek Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Primary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: North-Trending East Dipping Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Development): SMALL AMOUNT OF DEVELOPEMENT DONE BY 1943, WITH NO PRODUCTION RECORDED
Comment (Geology): THE ANDESITE IS CUT BY NORTH-TRENDING FAULTS THAT DIP STEEPLY EAST ALONG THE FAULTS CINNABAR OCCURS W/PYRITE, IN QUARTZ VEINLETS AND DISSEMINATED IN ALTERRED ANDESITE. SOME STIBNITE IS SAID TO ACCOMPANY THE ORE (BAILEY & PHOENIX).
Comment (Deposit): LOCATED A MILE NORTH OF ROCK CREEK, ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT. HAD BEEN DONE BY 1943, AND NO PRODUCTION HAD BEEN RECORDED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): VEIN/FAULT ZONE WITH CINNABAR VEINLETS & DISSEMINATIONS.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M., (1976-56) MINERAL RES. OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX (1944) QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 41
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.
