Unnamed Silver Prospect

The Unnamed Silver Prospect is a silver and tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.

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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

Name: Unnamed Silver Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Pershing

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver, Tungsten

Lat, Long: 40.33556, -118.22917

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Unnamed Silver Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Silver Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Tungsten


Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Sacramento District


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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Geology): QUARTZ VEINS CUT ACROSS LIMESTONE AND SHALE BEDS. NEAR CONTACT OF RHYOLITE AND OVERLYING LIMESTONE, SMALL SPARSELY DISSEMINTATED SCHEELITE CRYSTALS OCCUR IN QUARTZ STRINGERS.

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS CUT ACROSS LIMESTONE AND SHALE BEDS. NEAR THE CONTACT OF RHYOLITE AND OVERLYING LIMESTONE, SMALL SPARSELY DISSEMINATED SCHEELITE CRYSTALS OCCUR IN QUARTZ STRINGERS.


References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL, 89


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.