The Unnamed Prospect, Sec 31 is a gold and silver mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Unnamed Prospect, Sec 31 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospect, Sec 31
Secondary: Nevada Central Mine ?
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Peavine 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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Stockwork
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Metavolcanic Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Enargite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Workings): QUARTZ VEINLETS AND STRINGERS CONTAINING PYRITE, ENARGITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE, OCCUR IN HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED AND BLEACHED METAVOLCANIC ROCKS. DISSEMINATED PYRITE OCCURS IN THE METAVOLCANICS (BONHAM, P 80) PATENTED CLAIMS IN SEC 31 SHOW THIS AREA TO HAVE BEEN OWNED BY THE NEVADA CENTRAL GOLD MINING CO (MS 3624) CLAIMS IN THE PATENT BLOCK ARE THE BELLMONT, BELLMONT 1, BELLMONT FRACTION, STANDARD, STANDARD 1, GOLD BLOSSOM, GOLD BLOSSOM FRACTION, LUCKY BOY, GOLD BAR. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS IS THE NEVADA CENTRAL MAP AND THE LOCATION. SHOWN IN SEC 36, T20N, R18E FOR THE NEVADA CENTRAL IS WRONG. GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTIONS OF EACH AREA ARE THOUGHT TO BE CORRECT-ONLY THE NAMES MAY BE SWITCHED.
References
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H F, GEOL & MIN DEP WASHOE-STOREY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 1969
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.
