The Kaiser Bill Prospect is a silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,774 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,774 Feet (1,760 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 40.32361, -118.18000
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Kaiser Bill Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kaiser Bill Prospect
Secondary: Unnamed Silver Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rochester 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
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritized
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): AN INCLINED SHAFT (CAVED), SEVERAL SMALL SHAFTS AND PITS
Comment (Geology): APLITE ADJACENT TO MINERALIZED QUARTZ VEIN IS SHATTERED & PENETRATED BY QUARTZ-TOURMALINE VEMLETS.
Comment (Deposit): EXPLORED AND DEVELOPED BY AN INCLINED SHAFT (CAVED), SEVERAL SMALL SHAFTS AND PITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): ON N SIDE LIMERICK CANYON NEAR MCCARTY SPRING; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000
Comment (Production): SEVERAL TENS OF TONS DURING 1920 & 1930'S
Comment (Development): APPARENTLY INACTIVE IN 1984
Comment (Deposit): APLITE ADJACENT TO MINERALIZED QUARTZ VEIN IS SHATTERED AND PENETRATED BY QUARTZ-TOURMALINE VEINLETS.
References
Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, A, 1924, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ROCHESTER DISTRICT; USGS BULL. 762
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955-1961, SAN FRANCISCO V.1, SO. PACIFIC CO.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., JR., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF ROCHESTER DISTRICT.
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.
