Trapper and Shortcake Claims

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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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

Name: Trapper and Shortcake Claims  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.