The Unnamed Gold Mines is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.
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Unnamed Gold Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Gold Mines
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Willow Creek 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
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
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SEC. 11; UTM TAKEN AT ONE OF CENTRAL ADITS
Comment (Development): NO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1984
Comment (Deposit): GOLD-QUARTZ VEINS 1/4 TO 1-INCH WIDE
Comment (Workings): ADITS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: GOLD-QUARTZ VEINS 1/4 TO 1-INCH IN WIDTH
Comment (Deposit): NARROW GOLD-QUARTZ VEINS EXPOSED AT THE HEAD WATERS OF THE WEST FORK OF WILLOW CREEK WERE APPARENTLY MINED BUT NO PRODUCTION RECORDS CAN BE DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO THESE DEPOSITS CONSISTS OF ADITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
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-NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTASUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955-1961, V. 1, SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO, P. 85
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF WILLOW CREEK DISTRICT
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
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.
