Unnamed Prospect

The Unnamed Prospect is a lead, antimony, gold, and silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,541 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

Name: Unnamed Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Pershing

Elevation: 4,541 Feet (1,384 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Antimony, Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 40.50028, -118.36972

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Unnamed Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Arabia 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

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

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Bindheimite


Comments

Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = OREANA (1956) 1:625000


References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89


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.