The Unnamed Prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,000 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: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.93472, -118.98806
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Unnamed Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Jessup
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: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alteration To Clay Minerals
Rocks
Name: Metavolcanic Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MAXIMUM 2.24 AU, 50 PPM AG
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): A SERIES OF PROSPECTS IS DEVELOPED BY SHALLOW SHAFTS AND BY SHORT ADITS THAT GENERALLY EXPLORE SHEAR ZONES IN METAVOLCANIC ROCKS. THE METAVOLCANIC ROCKS IN AND NEAR THE SHEAR ZONES ARE COMMONLY ALTERED TO CLAY MINERALS AND HEAVILY IRON STAINED. QUARTZ VEINS OR STRINGERS OCCUR IN SOME OF THE SHEAR ZONES. ONE PROSPECT CONTAINS 1% COPPER
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, RONALD, AND SPEED, R.C., 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 83
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.
