Cleve Creek Prospects

The Cleve Creek Prospects is a copper, manganese, tungsten, and iron mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,791 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

Name: Cleve Creek Prospects  

State:  Nevada

County:  White Pine

Elevation: 6,791 Feet (2,070 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Manganese, Tungsten, Iron

Lat, Long: 39.23056, -114.58333

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Cleve Creek Prospects MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Cleve Creek Prospects


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Iron


Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Cleve Creek 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

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

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Hematite
Ore: Huebnerite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Geology): IN THIS AREA, ALLUVIUM AND COLLUVIUM HAVE A SLIGHTLY ANOMALOUS BASE-METAL CONTENT THAT EXTENDS EAST OF THE AREA OF THE PROSPECTS.

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED-SECTIONS PROJECTED FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINS PYRITE, BORNITE, MALACHITE IN A LIMY BED IN THE PIOCHE SHALE

Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, ADITS, SHALLOW INCLINE


References

Reference (Deposit): DREWES, H., 1967, USGS P.P. 557, P. 82


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.