The Reeds Cabin Summit Prospects is a gold and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Reeds Cabin Summit Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Reeds Cabin Summit Prospects
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1498
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Eagle Valley (State Line, Fay, Goldsprings) District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): GOOD ACCESSIBILITY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): ADITS DRIVEN ALONG SHEAR ZONE IN SILICIFIED ANDESITE. ROCK IS BRECCIATED, CEMENTED BY QUARTZ. VEIN IS 1-2 FT WIDE IN EXPOSURE, AND HAS ACICULAR CLEAR QUARTZ CRYSTALS IN VUGS; MINOR FE OXIDES, MNO.
Comment (Workings): TWO ADITS DRIVEN TO THE SOUTH INTO HILL, BOTH CAVED
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984; NO SIGN OF RECENT ACTIVITY
References
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V. AND QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 6/15/84.
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.4., 1970, NBMG BULL 73, PL.II.
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.
