Patsy Prospect

The Patsy Prospect is a mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,360 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Patsy Prospect

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

Elevation: 3,360 Feet (1,024 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 35.72583, -114.83861

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Patsy Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Patsy Prospect
Secondary: Patsy Mine


Commodity

Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: El Dorado District


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

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Gold


Comments

Not available


References

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 41

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, ET AL, 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 62

Reference (Deposit): HANSEN, 1962, THE GEOLOGY OF THE ELDORADO MINING DISTRICT, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA: UNIV. MISSOURI PHD DISS., 262 P.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.