The Unnamed Prospects is a silver mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Unnamed Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Mountain Wells (La Plata)
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
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Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): THESE WORKINGS EXPLORE QUARTZ VEINS IN PHYLLITE AND SLATE NEAR CONTACTS WITH GRANODIORITE PLUTONS. RECENT SAMPLING INDICATES LITTLE ORE. THE DISTRICT DID PRODUCE SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF SILVER, BUT FOR WANT OF ORE THE MILLS WORKED SPORADICALLY. MOST OF THE ORE WAS FOUND AT OR NEAR THE SURFACE.
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, RONALD, AND SPEED, R.C., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 83
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA 1947: NBMG FILES
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.
