The Young Prospect is a antimony mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,999 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 39.41972, -115.98583
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Young Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Young Prospect
Secondary: Slugger
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Eureka District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Orebody
Form: PODS, TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Of Carbonate About Shear Zone
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 1000 M
Comment (Deposit): PODS, VEINLETS AND CRYSTALS OF STIBNITE OCCUR WHERE A SHEAR ZONE INTERSECTS LIMESTONE.
Comment (Geology): PODS, VEINLETS AND INDIVIDAUL CRYSTALS OF STIBNITE OCCUR IN A SHEER ZONE WHICH CUTS THE LIMESTONE. WHITE, YELLOW AND GREEN ANTIMONY OXIDES OCCUR NEAR THE SURFACE. THE CARBONATE HAS BEEN SILICIFIED AROUND SHEAR ZONE AND FORMS A PROMINENT OUTCROP.
Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY IS ON THE NORTHWEST SLOPE OF SURPRISE PEAK 1/2 MILE WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE OSWEGO MINE. SEE LAWRENCE (1963) P. 73 FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PROSPECT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO. 105, REF. NO. 3201100148
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE E.F. (1963) ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, N.B. OF M. BULLETIN 61
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.
