Coyote Prospect

The Coyote Prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,200 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

Name: Coyote Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Pershing

Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 40.23167, -118.23417

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Coyote Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Coyote Prospect
Secondary: Coyote Nos. 1-78 Claims


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Black Knob District


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Rochester Minerals Inc., Vancouver, B. C.
Years: 1985 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

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


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Au-Ag


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Development): 1983: RECONNAISSANCE MAGNETOMETER SURVEY WORK SHOWED SOME RESPONSE OVER THE AREA OF INTEREST. 1984: ROCHESTER MINERALS COMPLETED 11 REVERSE CIRCULATION DRILL HOLES OVER 2600 FT AND ENCOUNTERED NO SILVER TARGETS, BUT ROCHESTER STILL PLANS TO EXPLORE THE PROPERTY EITHER ON ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR WITH A JOINT VENTURER. ONE DRILL HOLE DID ENCOUNTER DETECTABLE GOLD: DRILLED AT A 15-FT INTERVAL FROM 270-285 AVERAGED 0.032 OZ/ST AU (1 PPM). NBMG GEOLOGIST IN THE FIELD IN THIS AREA IN SEPT, 1984 DID NOT NOTE ANY ACTIVITY HERE.

Comment (Workings): DRILLING

Comment (Location): SOUTH SIDE OF BLACK KNOB IN WEST HUMBOLDT RANGE UTM TO NEAR CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)


References

Reference (Deposit): MINE SEARCH ANNUAL 1984-85, VOL. VII, P. 109-110

Reference (Deposit): MINING RECORD 9/19/84

Reference (Deposit): GEORGE CROSS NEWSLETTER 9/5/84, P. 3. AND 9/19/84.

Reference (Deposit): BLM CLAIM INFORMATION, 1986.


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.