Unnamed Silver Prospect

The Unnamed Silver Prospect is a silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,440 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: Unnamed Silver Prospect

State:  Nevada

County:  Pershing

Elevation: 5,440 Feet (1,658 Meters)

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 40.10778, -118.35361

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Unnamed Silver Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Silver Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Muttlebury 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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.05-0.2 OZ AG
Analytical Data: 0 TO TRACE AU


Materials

Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL PITS AND A 30' SHAFT. SHOWS LITTLE PROMISE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): APLITE DIKES AND QUARTZ VEINS IN HORNFELS AND MARBLE

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL PITS AND A 30 FT SHAFT

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


References

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH, SUMMARY OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1955-1961, V. 1: SAN FRANCISCO, SO. PACIFIC CO.

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.