The Unnamed Prospect C is a antimony, tin, silver, and barium-barite mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony, Tin, Silver, Barium-Barite
Lat, Long: 38.08472, -116.71167
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Unnamed Prospect C MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospect C
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Tin
Primary: Silver
Primary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Mercury
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Ellendale District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
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: Black Butte
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Calcitized Shear Zone
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A SELECTED GRAB SAMPLE CONTAINED 15 PPM AU, 0.08 PPM HG, 1,000 PPM SN, 700 PPM AG, 0.5 % CU, 1,500 PPM SB, 700 PPM BA.
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL PROSPECTS AND THREE SHAFTS.
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
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.
