The Aunt Ethel Prospect is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,820 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,820 Feet (1,774 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.00444, -117.92917
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Aunt Ethel Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Aunt Ethel Prospect
Secondary: Iron Mountain Group
Secondary: Shoot Claim
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Lodi 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
Owner Name: Charles Douglas Of Quartz Mountain
Years: 1934 - 1951
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SMALL SEAMS
Structure
Type: L
Description: A Northeast Striking Five Foot Thick Shear Zone.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Cerussite Coatings On Galena; Secondary Copper Minerals Stain Some Rock
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SORTED ORE IS REPORTED TO ASSAY A TRACE OF GOLD, 12 OZ AG, 27% PB.
Materials
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE SHAFTS, EACH ABOUT 65 FT DEEP, A SHORT ADIT, AND SEVERAL OPEN CUTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 99
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.
