The Unnamed Silver Prospect is a tungsten, gold, and silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,439 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: 4,439 Feet (1,353 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.23611, -118.56667
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Unnamed Silver Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Silver Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Gold Butte District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SEC. 1; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = TOULON (1956) 1:625000
Comment (Workings): ONE PIT
Comment (Deposit): CONSISTS OF ONE PIT. SHOWS LITTLE PROMISE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORRTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH-SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURY 1955-1961: VOL. 1, SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO, P. 24
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.
