The Unnamed Prospect is a silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,941 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,941 Feet (1,506 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 37.75806, -118.02139
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Unnamed Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Dyer 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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1863
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: Silver Peak Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: STRINGERS, DISCONTINOUS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PICKED ORE IS SAID TO ASSAY 74 TO 120 OUNCES SILVER PER TON.
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Iron
Comments
Comment (Production): A LITTLE ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1884 TO 1887, AND 1912. TOTAL RECORDED PRODUCTION FROM THE DISTRICT WAS $12,817.
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE PETERS OUT WITH DEPTH.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A SHAFT AND SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1906, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: USGS PROF. PAPER 55, P. 84-85.
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, JE, 1904, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER PEAK QUADRANGLE IN EMMONS, S.F., AND HAYES, C.W., EDS., CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1903: USGS BULL. 225, P. 115.
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: RENO, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., P. 66.
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA CO., NEVADA: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 78, P. 66.
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.
