| Lat / long: | 39.92771, -114.91754 |
| Primary: | Silver, Gold, Tungsten |
| Secondary: | Copper, Zinc, Lead |
| Ore: | Argentite, Scheelite, Galena, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Cerargyrite, Gold, Bornite, Tetrahedrite, Pyrite |
| Gangue: | Quartz |
| Orebody form: | tabular, lenticular |
| Operation type: | Surface-Underground |
| Deposit type: | fracture filling in breccia zone |
| Production size: | Large |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Production years: | 1864-1941? |
| First production started: | 1864 |
| Last production ended: | 1941 |
| Host type: | Quartzite,Limestone,Shale |
| Associated type: | Monzonite,Quartz Monzonite |
| Structure: | Host rocks in the mine area are cut by at least two sets of faults, the dominant one NE-trending with lesserr NW trending faults. |
| Alteration processes: | There is some sericitization of host rocks adjacent to some of the veins. |
| MRDS | D001193 |
| DEP | 10310454 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: Holmes, George H. Jr., Feb, 1950, Investigation of Cherry Creek Tungsten District, White Pine Co., Nev., Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 4631}{Deposit:: Lemon, D.M., unpublished data}{Deposit:: Lemon, D.M., and Tweto, O.L., 1962 Tungsten in the US USGS Map, MR-25.}{Deposit:: Hill, James M., 1916 Notes on some Mining Districts in Eastern Nevada, USGS Bull. 648.}{Deposit:: Hose, Blake, and Smith, 1976, Geology and Mineral Resources of White Pine County, Nevada; NBMG Bull 85.}{Deposit:: Donna Frederick, 1997, Brief history of Cherry Creek Nevada, at http://whitepinecountygenhelp.accessgenealogy.com/Cherry_Creek.html} |
| Reporter | LaPointe, D.D., Schruben, Paul G. |