The Secret Pass Zone is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,600 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: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 36.88806, -116.68111
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Secret Pass Zone MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Secret Pass Zone
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Thallium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Fluorine; Bare Mountain
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fluorspar Canyon Detachment Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silcification
Rocks
Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SECRET PASS ZONE IS BEST UNDERSTOOD IN THE CONTEXT OF THE FOLLOWING NEARBY DEPOSITS: WEST ZONE (RECORD RE00046), SOUTH ZONE (RECORD RE00047), AND DAISY MINE (RECORDS W006927 AND M241867).
Comment (Location): 1.O KM EAST AND 0.5 KM NORTH OF DAISY MINE; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = DEATH VALLEY (1970) 1:250000
Comment (Commodity): SB IS ENRICHED BY AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE IN THE ZONE OF AU MINERALIZATION THOUGH IT LACKS A STRONG LINEAR CORRELATION TO AU. AS IS ENRICHED FOURFOLD IN THE ZONE OF 0.5 PPM AU MINERALIZATION. TL IS GENERALLY PRESENT IN QUANTITIES >5 PPB WHEN AU CONTENT IS >100 PPB; A MODERATELY STRONG LINEAR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AU AND TL IS OBSERVED. MO IS ANOMALOUS AT THE DETACHMENT FAULT THOUGH NOT STRONGLY CORRELATABLE WITH AU. AG GENERALLY OCCURS IN LOW CONCENTRATIONS WITH AN OVERALL AU:AG RATIO OF APPROXIMATELY 4:1
Comment (Development): BASED ON AN EXPLORATION MODEL PUBLISHED BY CORN AND AHERN (1981), U. S. BORAX LOCATED CLAIMS OVER THE LENGTH OF FLUORSPAR CANYON AND PARTIALLY SURROUNDED THE CROWELL FAMILY CLAIM GROUP. A DRILLING PROGRAM BY U. S. BORAX TESTED FOR MINERALIZATION IN THE HANGING WALL OF THE FLUORSPAR DETACHMENT FAULT, WHICH LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE SECRET PASS ZONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): GREYBECK, J. D., AND WALLACE, A. B., 1991, GOLD MINERALIZATION AT FLUORSPAR CANYON NEAR BEATTY, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA, IN RAINES, G. L. , ET AL, EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 935-946.
Reference (Deposit): AHERN, R. AND CORN, R. M., 1981, MINERALIZATION RELATED TO THE VOLCANIC CENTER AT BEATTY, NEVADA: ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DIGEST XIV, P. 283-286.
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.
