The Trapper and Shortcake Claims is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,051 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,051 Feet (2,454 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.11694, -117.55917
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Trapper and Shortcake Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Trapper and Shortcake Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Jackson 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
Owner Name: Hooper, K. W.
Home Office: 110 Ferguson St, Fallon Nv
Years: 1981 -
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: N-Trending, Post-Mineral, Near-Vertical Faults Offset Veins
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): IN WILLOW CREEK CANYON, ON NORTH SIDE OF CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): SEVERAL LOCATION NOTICES ON PROPERTY-SEVERAL OWNERS-LATEST, 1980. ACCESSIBLE BY JEEP RD.
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL IRREGULAR SUB-PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS, SUB-HORIZONTAL, PROBABLY IN A LOW ANGLE SHEAR ZONE 3-4M. WIDE
Comment (Workings): ONE PARTIALLY CAVED ADIT, A 10X10 M PIT, SEVERAL SHORT ADITS. MAIN ADIT IS PROBABLY ONLY 30-40 M. LONG, BASED ON SIZE OF DUMP
Comment (Geology): CRUSTIFIED STRUCTURE TO VEINS WITH IRON OXIDES OCCUPYING CENRAL PORTION OF SOME (ORIGINALLY PYRITE?)
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., FIELD EXAMINATION, 8 AUG 1981
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.
