The So. Section 7 Prospect is a molybdenum and gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,799 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: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)
Commodity: Molybdenum, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.47389, -118.78139
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So. Section 7 Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: So. Section 7 Prospect
Secondary: NBMG # 4202
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Mount Grant
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
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
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Quartz Veins Wioth Sulfides On The Dumps??
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): THESE MINES DATE FROM THE 1870'S ; ECON.COM: MAY HAVE BEEN SOME PRODUCTION AS LOCAL MILL HAS TAILINGS.
Comment (Workings): A LARGE ADIT IS CAVED BUT LOOKS TO HAVE CROSS-CUT THE VEIN. A LARGE ADIT WITH DUMP THAT IS COMPLETELY OVERGROWN AND NOT SHOWN ON THE MAP. SOME UPPER WORKINGS ARE SHOWN AS A PROSPECT.
Comment (Location): NEAR HEAD OF CORY CANYON
Comment (Geology): THERE IS NO VEIN EXPOSURE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE ADIT. THE HOST ROCK FOR THE VEINS IS A DEEPLY WEATHERED GRANITE.
Comment (Deposit): SOME ORE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN PROCESSED IN THE SMALL MILL TO THE NORTH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, MOUNT GRANT MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE VISITS SITE 6-27-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)
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.
