The Unnamed Property is a silver and gold mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,518 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: 4,518 Feet (1,377 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.95806, -118.85889
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Unnamed Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Property
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
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: Silicification, Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 7 PPM AG 0.32 PPM AU FROM DUMP
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): THIS PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED BY A VERTICAL SHAFT IN A RHYOLITE PLUG THAT INTRUDES METAVOLCANIC ROCKS. THE SHAFT AND UNDERGROUND WORKINGS PROBABLY EXCEED 200 FEET IN TOTAL EXTENT. THE RHYOLITE IS ALTERED, WITH THE FELDSPARS AND MUCH OF THE GROUND MOSS CONVERTED TO CLAY MINERAL AND SERICITE IRREGULAR FRACTURES EXTEND THROUGH THE ROCK WITH COMMON IF ON STAINING AND SOME SILICIFICATION OF THE RHYOLITE ADJACENT TO THE FRACTURES AND WITH QUARTZ SEAMS IN SOME OF THE FRACTURES.
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.