Right Fork Prospect

The Right Fork Prospect is a mercury, gold, and silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,201 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

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Site Name

Primary: Right Fork Prospect
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2327
Secondary: Np 92
Secondary: Queenstakes South Structure

Commodity

Primary: Mercury
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Antimony

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Mount Tobin 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

Owner Name: Queenstake Resources, Ltd
Years: 1984 -

Owner Name: Option By Frm Minerals (First Mississippi Corp.)
Years: 1984 -

Owner Name: Krabbe, A. R.
Years: 1980 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1954
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Au-Ag

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2327 OF GRAB VEIN MATTER FROM DUMPS CONTAINS

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): IN GOLCONDA CANYON. THE PROSPECT IS TRAVERSED BY THE ROAD UP GOLCONDA CANYON AT A POINT 4.5 MILES ABOVE ITS MOUTH . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984. AREA WAS RESTAKED IN 1980 AS PART OF A LARGE GROUP OF CLAIMS, PROBABLY LOCATED FOR GOLD AND SILVER, ACQUIRED BY QUEENSTAKE RESOURCES LIMITED IN 1983 (124 UNPATENTED CLAIMS)

Comment (Workings): A SHALLOW SHAFT (7M) AND AN ADIT WITH A SMALL DUMP AT ROAD LEVEL (N 10 E). SHAFT WAS SUNK WITH A 55 DEGREE INCLINATION TO THE NORTH.

Comment (Deposit): WHITE CHALCEDONIC TO CRYSTALLINE QUARTZ OCCURS AS A VEIN FILLING ALONG A N65E, 55 NW FAULT. THE FAULT ZONE IS 1 M WIDE AT THE SURFACE IN CHERT PEBBLE CONGLOMERATE. THE WHITE QUARTZ IS COMMONLY PSEUDOMORPHIC AFTER LAMELLAR CALCITE. LATER, DRUSY QUARTZ OCCURS IN CAVITIES. SPARSE LIMONITE IS PRESENT. THE VEIN MATTER IS VERY BARREN-LOOKING; NO SULFIDE MINERALS WERE SEEN, ALTHOUGH BAILEY (UNPUB.) REPORTS CINNABAR IN A PANNED DUMP SAMPLE. SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND SAMPLING ON A N-TRENDING ALTERED ZONE HAS DISCLOSED ANOMALOUS VALUES OF HG, AS, SB, AND AU.

References

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 11 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H. AND OTHERS, (1984), UNPUBLISHED DESCRIPTION OF NEVADA MERCURY PROPERTIES, USGS.

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL. 89.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

Reference (Deposit): UNPUBLISHED REPORT BY QUEENSTAKE RESOURCES LTD. 1984, ON MT TOBIN SILVER-GOLD PROPERTY

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.