Broad Creek Prospect

The Broad Creek Prospect is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 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

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Site Name

Primary: Broad Creek Prospect
Secondary: Probably Same Location As Old Monitor-Rescue Mining Co Property
Secondary: And Broad Canyon.

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Jett District

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

Owner Name: Monitor-Rescue Mining Co.,Mr. W. D. Higginbotham,Controller, .
Years: 1916 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Toiyabe Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: TABULAR, IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): ONE QUARTZ VEIN CARRYING SILVER AND LEAD AND ONE IRREGULAR DEPOSIT OF LEAD,ZINC,AND IRON IN LIMESTONE.

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS, 200-FT TUNNEL WITH RAISE TO SURFACE, 340-FT TUNNEL

Comment (Location): APPROXIMATE LOCATION. ON SOUTH SLOPE OF BROAD CANYON IN TOIYABE RANGE

Comment (Production): AMOUNT UNKNOWN

References

Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G. AND CATHCART, SH, 1954, GEOL. MAP OF ROUND MOUNTAIN QUAD: USGS GEOL. QUAD MAP GQ-40.

Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG FILE 234, ITEMS 3, 4.

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.