Coon Creek Prospects

The Coon Creek Prospects is a copper, tungsten, and molybdenum mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

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: Coon Creek Prospects
Secondary: Rowland

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Jarbidge 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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W skarn

Orebody

Form: TABULAR RTO IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Crater Range

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Powellite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): TACTITE ZONE ALONG IGNEOUS CONTACT

Comment (Workings): 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS

Comment (Deposit): THERE ARE TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF OPEN CUTS. FOUR TONS OFORE ARE AVERAGING 3.8% WOZ AFTER SORTING HAVE BEEN PRODUCED. LIMESTONES & SHALESHAVE BEEN ALTERED TO GARNET, EPIDOTE, QUARTZ, AND CALCITE IN A ZONE UP TO 100 FEET WIDE ZLONG THE CONTACT OF THE COFFEPOT STOCK. A NUMBER OF SMALL FAULTS CUT THE STOCK AND SEDIMENTARY ROCKS CAUSING A "CHOPPED-UP" PATTERN. FINELY DISSEMINATED SCHULITE & ASSOCIATED MOLYBDENITE & POWELLITE, PYRITE, AND CHALCOPYRITE AND SCATTERED IRREGUALRLY THROUGH THE TACTITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): SMITH,R.M.(1969) MINL. RES. OF ELKO CO., NV., USGS OPEN FILE REPT. 1976-56

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER,F.C.(1923) JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT, NV.: USGS BULL.741

Reference (Deposit): (1912) A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NV: USGS BULL.497

Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING J.H.(1968)MOLYBDENIUM RESOURCES OF NEVADA,NBML,UNPUBLISHED REPORT, OPEN FILE

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.