The Unnamed Prospects is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 36.99083, -116.14417
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Unnamed Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospects
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Mine Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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: Shoshone Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: In The Upper Plate Of A Thrust Fault.
Type: L
Description: Workings Are Along High Angle Normal Faults Trending N30e.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1963-A SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS SHOWED 10% PB, 0.5% HG, 0.07% AG.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF FOUR ADITS AND TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H.R., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 77, P. 39
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.
