The Foster Prospect is a mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,701 feet.
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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: 4,701 Feet (1,433 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.94611, -118.46444
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Foster Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Foster Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Rawhide - Regent ?
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Foster, Steve And Lee
Home Office: Schurz, NV
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Fe
Orebody
Form: ELLIPTICAL IN PLAN
Structure
Type: L
Description: Dioritic Rock And Limst. Cut By Aplite Dikes
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Workings): CONSIDERABLE WORK HAS BEEN DONE SINCE LAST PUBLISHED RECONNISSANCE OF 1953
Comment (Geology): VICINITY OF MINE, DIORITE METAMORPHOSED AND NEAR THE CONTACT WITH LIMST. IT IS SCHISTOSE, WITH PLANES OF SCHISTOSITY STRIKING N 20 W AND DIPPING 45 E. LMST. STRIKES N AND DIPS 75 W.
Comment (Deposit): AN OLD SHAFT IS REPORTED TO HAVE CUT IRON ORE NEAR THE BOTTOM. SEVERAL SHAFTS, ADITS AND NUMEROUS SURFACE SCRAPINGS DOT THE AREA. SOME COPPER PROSPECTING APPARENT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): REEVES, SHAW, KRAL, 1958 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEV. PART B., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 53
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.
