Rock Creek Prospect

The Rock Creek Prospect is a mercury mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 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: Rock Creek Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 41.36, -116.49610

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Rock Creek Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Rock Creek Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Antimony


Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko


Land Status

Land ownership: Unknown
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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: 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


Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

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References

Reference (Deposit): 1 MI. N OF ROCK CREEK AND ABT 1 MI. ABOVE CORRALS IN CANYON

Reference (Deposit): USBM INFORM. CIRC. 8252, 1965, P.295

Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 61, 1963, P.55, FIG. 11

Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 54, 1957, P.134

Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUR OF MINES BULL. 42, 1944, P.63, PL.1


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.