Trout Creek Gold Prospect

The Trout Creek Gold Prospect is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Trout Creek Gold Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact 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

Owner Name: Challenger Gold, Inc.
Info Year: 1993

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Epithermal hot spring system.
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Year First Production: 1913
Discovery Year: 1885
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Form: Tabular

Structure

Type: L
Description: Regular sets of joints, fractures, and faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification generally accompanies mineralization.

Rocks

Name: Granodiorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Jurassic

Name: Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Economic Factors): Unknown but reportedly significant

Comment (Location): UTM is to center of claim blocks.

Comment (Commodity): Ore Materials: gold

Comment (Commodity): Gangue Materials: quartz

Comment (Deposit): The deposit consists of stringers of high grade ore surrounded by subeconomic material.

Comment (Development): Copper has been mined from the Contact District mines since the1880s with most of the district production from the Marshall (Nevada-Bellevue) Mine, which is located on the Delano and Copper King groups of claims. These claims were discovered and located in the late 1880s, but no production was recorded until 1913. The Nevada-Bellevue Copper Mining Co. was organized about 1917, and encompassed 10 claims on which there were 12 small mines and prospects. Major production occurred during the years 1913-30, but nearly half of the Contact District production was made during 1952-57. The current gold prospect, located a few miles southeast of Contact has been explored in 1986-87, and 1991-92.

References

Reference (Deposit): Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-206A, 33 p.; 98-206B. one 3.5 inch diskette.

Reference (Deposit): Davis and Tingley, 1999; Limbach, 1991, 1993; Tingley, 1998; United States Bureau of Land Management, 1978l; United States Geological Survey, 1968j, 1989i

Reference (Deposit): Schrader, F.C. (1935) The Contact Mining District, Nevada: USGS Bull. 847-A.

Reference (Deposit): Hope, R.A. & Coats, R.R. (1976) Prelim. Geologic Map of Elko Co., Nev: USGS OFR 76-779

Reference (Deposit): Granger, A.E., et. al. (1957) Geology and Mineral Resources of Elko Co., Nevada: Nevada Bur. Mines Bull. 54.

Reference (Deposit): Smith, R.M. (1976) Mineral Resources of Elko Co., Nev: USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45

Reference (Deposit): LaPointe and others, 1991

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.