The Wright Prospect is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,999 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: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 36.95194, -116.65250
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Wright Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wright Prospect
Secondary: Colvin
Secondary: Lettie
Secondary: Lottie
Commodity
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Fluorine District
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
Owner Name: J. H. Colvin And T. C. Stroud
Years: 1955 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1928
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS, LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Ne Trending Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Partially Silicified Rhyolite, Alunization
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pleistocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS SHOW TO 1.4 LB/TON
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Chalcedony
Comments
Comment (Development): DMEA CONTRACT RECOMMENDED DENIED IN 1955
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP; LOCATION TO CENTER OF SECTION
References
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE US: US BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 297.
Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL AND KLEINHAMPL, 1961, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BARE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 157.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL 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.
