The Marvelous Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,741 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
Elevation: 5,741 Feet (1,750 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.00083, -119.22111
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Marvelous Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Marvelous Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Nightingale District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Location): PROSPECT IS RIGHT AT THE JUNCTION OF 3 COUNTIES: PERSHING, WASHOE AND CHURCHILL. IT IS SOUTHEAST OF THE HIGH GRADE PROSPECT, NORTH OF THE JAYBIRD (GARFIELD FORCE) MINE. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): NEW DRILL PADS SOUTH OF THE MARVELOUS (1984).
Comment (Deposit): NARROW TACTITE ZONE NEAR CONTACT.
Comment (Workings): PROSPECT.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH M242690, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.
References
Reference (Deposit): STAFF, 1985, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE PARADISE-DENIO AND SONOMA-GERLACH RESOURCE AREAS, WINNEMUCCA DISTRICT, NEVADA: NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, P. 76, PL. 1, 2.
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, J., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION AND PHOTOS: NBMG UNPUBLISHED REPORT (TINGLEY).
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.
