The Bentley Prospects is a gold mine located in Douglas county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,499 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: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.9325, -119.60889
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Bentley Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bentley Prospects
Secondary: Payday No. 1 and Wilson
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Douglas
District: Gardnerville
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Metasedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): PORTALS 1,200 FT N 70 E APART. PAYDAY NO. 1 IS WESTERN MOST, 170 FT LONG, AT WHICH POINT IS A DECLINE AND UNMAPPED CONTINUATION. WILSON IS 190 FT LONG. BOTH NEARLY STRAIGHT.
Comment (Deposit): MAPPED BY MOLL AND NELSON, 4/08/69 AS PART OF THE NATIONAL FALLOUT UPDATING SURVEY. PROPERTY DESIGNATED NATIONAL FALLOUT FACILITY NO. 05084 ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT THE NEV. BUREAU OF MINES FILE
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.
