The Bald Mountain Prospect is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,839 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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
Elevation: 8,839 Feet (2,694 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.57583, -117.04750
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Bald Mountain Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bald Mountain Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Manhattan 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
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: Toquima Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: SMALL RIBBON - LIKE VEIN
Structure
Type: L
Description: Both Pre-Ore And Post-Ore Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: THE BEST ORE HAVE A TENOR OF $20/TON. (FERGUSON, 1924)
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Geology): ORE CONSISTS OF SMALL RIBBON-LIKE VEINS FOLLOWING CRUSHED ZONES OF EARLIER FAULTING. VEINS ARE COMBY QUARTZ.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SMALL TUNNELS AND SHAFTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1924, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT: USGS BULL 723, P. 136-137
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.
