The Chinck Nickel - Cobalt Prospect is a nickel mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,499 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: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Nickel
Lat, Long: 41.8019, -116.30830
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Chinck Nickel - Cobalt Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chinck Nickel - Cobalt Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Nickel
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Cobalt
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: P. D. Montrose
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1958
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Molybdenite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): TWO VEIN SYSTEMS, DISCLOSED BY SHALLOW TRENCHING AND OUTCROPS ARE IN EVIDENCE ON THE PROPERTY. THE EAST VEIN COMPRISED OF QUARTZ, CARRYING DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND SOME COPPER STAINING, STRIKES N.10 DEGREES E. AND IN THICKNESS AVERAGES ABOUT 5 METERS. IT IS TRACEABLE FOR ABOUT 300 METERS. THE WEST VEIN STRIKES ABOUT EAST-WEST AND IS NEARLY VERTICAL WHERE EXPOSED, IT IS AT LEAST A METER WIDE AND IS COMPRISED OF QUARTZ. ON THE FOOTWALL BLACK CARBONACEOUS SHALE IS EXPOSED WHICH IS WELL MINERALIZED WITH PYRITE. THE HANGING WALL IS THIN BEDDED LIMESTONE. THE VEIN QUARTZ CARRIES MOLYBDENITE IN THIN SEAMS, PYRITE, AND CHALCOPYRITE. IN A SLUMP IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE EAST VEIN THE FORMATIONS ARE HIGHLY LEACHED AND STAINED WITH IRON. THE AREA IS ABOUT 200 METERS WIDE AND 500 METERS LONG. IN THIS AREA THE FORMATIONS HAVE BEEN ALTERED TO CLAY FOR DEPTHS OF 2 TO 3 METERS. THE CLAYS CONTAIN A BOXWORK OF INTERLACING THIN SEAMS OF QUARTZ. INVARIABLY THESE THIN QUARTZ SEAMS ARE MINERALIZED WITH MOLYBDENITE AS CRYSTAL CLUSTERS. THE ALTERED AND LEACHED FORMATIONS CONTAIN VARYING SMALL AMOUNTS OF PYRITE, COBALT, AND NICKEL.
Comment (Geology): COBALT ASSAYS FROM 5 SAMPLES WERE 0.02 PERCENT
Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 8 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES.MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 0320070460
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.
