The Creston Prospect is a mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,478 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
Elevation: 4,478 Feet (1,365 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.41667, -119.05472
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Creston Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Creston Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Camp Gregory (Dead Camel)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Argillization
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM TAKEN ON PROSPECT SYMBOL ADJACENT TO BOUNDARY BETWEEN SECTIONS 21 & 22, DIRECTLY WEST OF "P" IN "PROSPECT" ON TOPO.
Comment (Deposit): 3-4 FT WIDE FAULT ZONE
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW ADIT
Comment (Deposit): SITE VISITED BY DAVE JOHN (USGS) 27 MAY, 1987 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Geology): SILICIFIED BRECCIA WITH SOME PYRITE CUTS ANDESITE-BASALT LAVA FLOWS.
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHN, D. A., AND SHERLOCK, M.G., 1991, MAP SHOWING MINES AND PROSPECTS IN THE RENO 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA, USGS MF-2154-B, SITE # 01
Reference (Deposit): JOHN, D.A., 1987, UNPUBLISHED FIELD NOTES, 27 MAY, 1987
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.
