Secret Canyon Prospect

The Secret Canyon Prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 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: Secret Canyon Prospect
Secondary: Bay State Nevada Gold Mining Co

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Olinghouse (White Horse) 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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Nne-Trending Fault Zone

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHORT ADITS AND SEVERAL PITS LOCATED ON ZONE OF QUARTZ STRINGERS AND VEINLETS WHICH CUT BRECCIATED RHYOLITE WELDED TUFF, SILICEOUS AND CARBONACEOUS SHALE, PEBBLY SANDSTONE OF THE HARTFORD HILL RHYOLITE. ROCKS IN VEIN ZONE ARE SILICIFIED AND CUT BY VEINLETS OF VUGGY QUARTZ. DISSEM PYRITE OCCURS IN VEINLETS AND WALL ROCKS. MANGANESE OXIDES COAT FRACTURES. THIS AREA IS WITHIN A LARGE BLOCK OF PATENTED MINING CLAIMS ORGINALLY PATENTED BY THE BAY STATE NEVADA GOLD MINING CO. INDIVIDUAL CLAIM NAMES ARE: BAY STATE, BAY STATE 2, 3, & 4, CARRIE, GRANITE, GOLD QUEEN, DENVER CRATER, MORNING STAR, MORNING STAR EXTENSION, WHITE HILL, WHITE HILL 2, GYPSY, RED BUTTE 1

References

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, HF, GEOL & MIN DEP, WASHOE, STOREY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 196

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.