Creston Prospect

The Creston Prospect is a mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,478 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

Name: Creston Prospect

State:  Nevada

County:  Churchill

Elevation: 4,478 Feet (1,365 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 39.41667, -119.05472

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Creston Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Creston Prospect


Commodity

Tertiary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Camp Gregory (Dead Camel)


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Fault Zone


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Argillization


Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Location): UTM TAKEN ON PROSPECT SYMBOL ADJACENT TO BOUNDARY BETWEEN SECTIONS 21 & 22, DIRECTLY WEST OF "P" IN "PROSPECT" ON TOPO.

Comment (Deposit): 3-4 FT WIDE FAULT ZONE

Comment (Workings): SHALLOW ADIT

Comment (Deposit): SITE VISITED BY DAVE JOHN (USGS) 27 MAY, 1987 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Geology): SILICIFIED BRECCIA WITH SOME PYRITE CUTS ANDESITE-BASALT LAVA FLOWS.


References

Reference (Deposit): JOHN, D. A., AND SHERLOCK, M.G., 1991, MAP SHOWING MINES AND PROSPECTS IN THE RENO 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA, USGS MF-2154-B, SITE # 01

Reference (Deposit): JOHN, D.A., 1987, UNPUBLISHED FIELD NOTES, 27 MAY, 1987


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.