The Estes Prospect is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,051 feet.
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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: 8,051 Feet (2,454 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 41.90778, -115.06556
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Estes Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Estes Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Elk Mountain
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
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silication
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Deposit): IGNEOUS CONTACT ZONE; SKARN CONTAINING NUMEROUS POCKETS OF GOOD-GRADE COPPER ORE.
Comment (Deposit): THE PRINCIPAL DEPOSIT IS A ONE FOOT BED CONTAINING NUMEROUS POCKETS OF GOOD-GRADE COPPER ORE, SCHRADER, P. 157 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F. C., 1912, A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JARBRIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 497.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R. M., 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPT. 76-56
Reference (Deposit): MATHIAS, D. E., 1959. GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN ELK MTS., ELKO CO., NEVADA, U. OF ORE., U.S. THESIS
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.
