Wright Prospect

The Wright Prospect is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,999 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: Wright Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

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

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.