Estes Prospect

The Estes Prospect is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,051 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: 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.