The Section 7 Prospects is a gold and silver mine located in Douglas county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,640 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,640 Feet (1,719 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.73833, -119.55306
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Section 7 Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Section 7 Prospects
Secondary: NBMG # 4432
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Douglas
District: Mountain House
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: FISSURE VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): TWO SURFACE PITS AND A CAVED ADIT A SMALL CAVED ADIT FOLLOWS THE STRIKE OF A SECOND BUT SUB-PARALLEL VEIN
Comment (Geology): VEINS ARE 300 FEET FURTHER EAST OF EACH OTHER. BOTH VEINS ARE IN METASEDIMENTARY HOST. THE VEIN IS STRONGLY BRECCIATED AND SILICIFIED. THE VEINS ARE COATED WITH AN FERRIC (RED) IRON.
Comment (Location): 1/4 MI NORTH OF HOLBROOK JUNCTION HWY. 395
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 75 .
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, MOUNTAIN HOUSE MINING DISTRICT,DOUGLAS COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 7-12-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).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.
