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Avalanche Prospect

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043982
MRDS ID M231295
Record type Site
Current site name Avalanche Prospect
Alternate or previous names Blossom Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.13039, 40.56073 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 12 MILES SW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 043E 16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • E SIDE OF S FORK AT HEAD OF DUCK CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Edna Mountain Formation;Pumpernickel Formation
    Rock description Edna Mountain Formation;Pumpernickel Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.13039, 40.56073
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Major Thrust Faults
Local Numerous N-Trending Faults; Virgin Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N5-10W
    Dip 60W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone, Brecciation, Favorable Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN IS BARREN FRACTURE IN-FILLED WITH CRUSHED CALCAREOUS SANDSTONE AND QUARTZITE. OREBODIES REPLACED LIMEY BEDS ALONG SHEARED ZONES. FAULTS CONTAIN MASSIVE LIMONITE AND HEMATITE IN PLACES; ALSO VEINLETS OF PARTIALLY OXIDIZED GALENA AND IRON OXIDES.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1869
Discovery method Ore-Mineral In Place
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner French Co., (1880'S)

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS FROM ABOUT 1000 TONS ORE MINED PRIOR TO 1912, MOSTLY MINED IN THE 1880'S.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT, RAISE

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M231295

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, J. M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 594

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R. J. AND ARNOLD, D. C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B.

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J. H., MC KEE, E. H. AND STAGER, H. K., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES. BULL 88

  • Production

    STEWART, J. H., MC KEE, E. H., AND STAGER, H. K., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OREBODIES REPLACED LIMEY BEDS ALONG SHEAR ZONES.
Deposit FIRST CLAIM HERE WAS RECORDED IN 1869. THIS WAS AMONG THE CLAIMS ACQUIRED BY THE FRENCH CO. IN THE EARLY 1880'S IN THE GALENA AREA. PRODUCTION FROM CLAIMS AS A WHOLE WAS GOOD FROM EARLY 1880'S TO 1885, BUT NO INDIVIDUAL FIGURES ARE RECORDED. WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN 800-FT. DRIFT TO A RAISE, FOLLOWING THE S. EXTENSION OF THE WHITE AND SHILOH VEIN, WHICH IS APPARENTLY BARREN HERE. PRODUCTION, IF ANY, WAS NO DOUBT VERY SMALL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology