The Perkins Prospect is a zinc and lead mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 9,160 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,160 Feet (2,792 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 38.65, -116.96306
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Perkins Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Perkins Prospect
Secondary: Washington Mine Perkins Prospects Nos. 1 & 2 Correspond To the Upper
Secondary: And Lower Workings of the Washington Mine.
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Barcelona District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Kerr-Mc Gee Corp.
Years: 1960 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Toquima Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Zn-Pb
Orebody
Form: DISSEMINATED
Structure
Type: L
Description: Argillized Shear Zone (N60e, 75se)
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Some Silicification, Argillization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGED 2% MOS2
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Ferrimolybdite
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Development): MAIN PERIODS OF ACTIVITY WERE IN 1873 AND 1919.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT WITH DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS; SURFACE CUTS AND TRENCHES TOTALED 4,500 FT; AND TWO CAVED ADITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL 50.
Reference (Deposit): ERVINE, W.B.,1973,THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL ZONING OF THE SPANISH BELT MINING DISTRICT, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: PH.D. STANFORD UNIV; P.113-117
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.
