The Cotton Wood Creek Prospects is a silver mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 40.86667, -119.43889
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Cotton Wood Creek Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cotton Wood Creek Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Deephole District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Development): ACCORDING- TO OLD RESIDENTS OF GERLACH, A SMALL AMOUNT OF SILVER ORE WAS PRODUCED FROM THESE OLD WORKINGS, BUT NONE WAS RECORDED. -LONG IDLE
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS IN A PENDANT OF RECRYSTALLIZED LIMESTONE. SMALL VEINS CONSISTING LARGELY OF A MIXTURE OF IRON OXIDES AND CALCITE WITH MINOR AMOUNTS OF MALACHITE AND NO VISIBLE SULFIDES
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PROSPECT PITS
Comment (Location): UTM IS TO ONE CENTRALLY LOCATED PROSPECT OF SEVERAL. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., JR., 1969, NBMG BULL 70, P. 60
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.
