The Decker Flats Deposit is a silver and gold mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,499 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: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.16972, -115.67528
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Decker Flats Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Decker Flats Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: White Pine District (Closest); Cortez Trend
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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 & Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF NIGHTHAWK RIDGE DEPOSIT.
Comment (Deposit): DECKER FLATS IS A LOW GRADE RESOURCE ADJACENT TO THE NIGHTHAWK RIDGE DEPOSIT.
Comment (Deposit): REFER TO RECORD M242961 FOR DATA ON THE ADJACENT NIGHTHAWK RIDGE MINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): CARDEN, J.R., 1991, THE DISCOVERY AND GEOLOGY OF THE NIGHTHAWK RIDGE DEPOSIT AT EASY JUNIOR, WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEVADA, IN GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN, RAINES, G.L., ET AL, EDS., THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 665-676
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.
