The Cleve Creek Prospects is a copper, manganese, tungsten, and iron mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,791 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: 6,791 Feet (2,070 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Manganese, Tungsten, Iron
Lat, Long: 39.23056, -114.58333
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Cleve Creek Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cleve Creek Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Cleve Creek 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
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Huebnerite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): IN THIS AREA, ALLUVIUM AND COLLUVIUM HAVE A SLIGHTLY ANOMALOUS BASE-METAL CONTENT THAT EXTENDS EAST OF THE AREA OF THE PROSPECTS.
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED-SECTIONS PROJECTED FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINS PYRITE, BORNITE, MALACHITE IN A LIMY BED IN THE PIOCHE SHALE
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, ADITS, SHALLOW INCLINE
References
Reference (Deposit): DREWES, H., 1967, USGS P.P. 557, P. 82
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.
