The Sections 2 and 3 Prospects is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Douglas county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 38.92972, -119.60417
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Sections 2 and 3 Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sections 2 and 3 Prospects
Secondary: Gold Prospect 5
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site #3457.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Nevada
County: Douglas
District: Gardnerville
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
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Iron
Comments
Comment (Location): 1/2 MI NORTH OF MONARCH MINE SHARING TOPO. HIGH UTM COORDINATES GENERALIZED
Comment (Deposit): CONTACT ZONE OF FINE-GRAINED DIORITE DIKE WITH LIMESTONE. DIORITE DIKE TRENDS N30E. LIMESTONE IN AREA HAS IRREGULAR PATCHES OF BLEACHING AND MARBLE, AND IS LACED WITH QUARTZ VEINLETS & CLOTS OF CRYSTALLINE CALCITE. VEIN CONTAINS LIMONITE AND HEMATITE FILLING IN THE BOXWORK.
Comment (Workings): 13 OR MORE SHAFTS, NUMEROUS ADITS, PITS AND SCRAPINGS
Comment (Geology): SERIES OF PITS AND ADITS ARE ON QUARTZ VEINS CONCENTRATED ALONG THE CONTACT BETWEEN A DIORITE AND LIMESTONE. WEAK EPIDOTE-PYROXENE SKARN OCCURS LOCALLY. THE DIORITE IS FINE-TO MEDIUM GRAINED, AND PERVASIVELY CHLORITIZED AND PYRITIZED (GONE TO FE-OXIDE). QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL CONSISTS OF VUGGY C.G. TERMINATED QUARTZ (COMB QUARTZ) AND LARGE AMOUNTS OF GREEN CHLORITE AND LIMONITIC FE-OXIDE. THE DIORITE-LIMESTONE CONTACT EXPOSED IN SHAFTS APPEARS SHEARED. QUARTZ VEINS ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY OCCUR IN THE DIORITE AND NOT IN THE LIMESTONE.
Comment (Deposit): MATERIAL ON THE SHAFT DUMP IS WHITE VEIN QUARTZ WITH BOXWORKS AND CLOTS OF GOSSAN ALONG WITH MASSIVE JASPER/GOSSAN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., NBMG SAMPLE # 3457 SITE VISIT, DEC. 16,1988.
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G., 1969 ,GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADABUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 75 .
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.
