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