The Unnamed Prospects is a silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,201 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: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.14694, -118.11167
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Unnamed Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Candelaria
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Trending N30e
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VISITED AND SAMPLED BY NBMG IN 1989 (QUADE, SAMPLE # 3566). LOCATION AND DATA PROBABLY FROM TOPO. MAP. CLOSEST DESCRIBED DEPOSIT IS CANDELARIA (MT. DIABLO) MINE. CANDELARIA IS MAINLY AG DEPOSIT, SO THESE WORKINGS WERE PROBABLY FOR AG, TOO, BUT NO COMMODITY DATA ARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS SITE.
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ STRINGERS AND QUARTZ BRECCIA ALONG FAULT BETWEEN ORD LIMESTONE AND CANDELARIA FM ; GEOL.DESC: REFER TO RECORD NO. W016422
Comment (Location): ROW OF 9 ADITS EXTENDING IN LINEAR FASHION DOWN SW SLOPE OF MTN.
Comment (Workings): ROW OF ADITS ON TOPO. QUADE FOUND 30' X 10' PIT IN 1989.
References
Reference (Deposit): UNNAMED PROSPECT, SITE VISIT REPORT (SAMPLE 3566), CANDELARIA DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY)
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.
