Mine detail: Trout Creek Gold Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

41.78047, -114.77728

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	Tabular
Discovery year:	1885

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Deposit type:	Epithermal hot spring system.
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Prospect
Production years:	1913-1930; 1952-1957
First production started:	1913

Geology

Host rock:	Humboldt Formation
Host type:	Sedimentary Rock
Associated type:	Granodiorite
Structure:	Regular sets of joints, fractures, and faults
Alteration processes:	Silicification generally accompanies mineralization.

References

DEP	10310571
Reference	{Deposit:: Smith, R.M. (1976) Mineral Resources of Elko Co., Nev: USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45}{Deposit:: Schrader, F.C. (1935) The Contact Mining District, Nevada: USGS Bull. 847-A.}{Deposit:: Hope, R.A. & Coats, R.R. (1976) Prelim. Geologic Map of Elko Co., Nev: USGS OFR 76-779}{Deposit:: Granger, A.E., et. al. (1957) Geology and Mineral Resources of Elko Co., Nevada: Nevada Bur. Mines Bull. 54.}{Deposit:: LaPointe and others, 1991}{Deposit:: Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-206A, 33 p.; 98-206B. one 3.5 inch diskette.}{Deposit:: Davis and Tingley, 1999; Limbach, 1991, 1993; Tingley, 1998; United States Bureau of Land Management, 1978l; United States Geological Survey, 1968j, 1989i}
Reporter	LaPointe, D.D., Schruben, Paul G.