Unnamed Prospects

The Unnamed Prospects is a silver mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Unnamed Prospects  

State:  Nevada

County:  Churchill

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 39.44972, -118.31083

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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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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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

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Materials

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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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.