Grand Prise

The Grand Prise is a silver, gold, lead, and copper mine located in Lander county, Nevada.

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

Name: Grand Prise  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper

Lat, Long: 40.355, -116.72333

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Grand Prise MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Grand Prise


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Bullion


Land Status

Not available


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
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

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust In A Zone Of Numerous Imbricate Thrust Slices, Such As The Lander Thrust

Type: L
Description: High Angle Gold Quartz Fault


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE SINGLE CLAIM IS PART OF THE LOUIE GROUND, IT ADJOINS THE SILVER PRISE ON THE SOUTHEAST. DEVELOPMENT ORIGINALLY CONSISTED OF 2 INCLINED SHAFTS AND 2 ADITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Development): SINGLE CLAIM, PART OF THE LOUIE GROUND

Comment (Workings): 2 INCLINED SHAFTS, 2 ADITS

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :PATENTED CLAIM

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION INCLUDED SOME COPPER

Comment (Deposit): VEIN/FAULT ZONE


References

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO. NEV., N.B.M. BULL 88

Reference (Deposit): WRUCKE, C.T. (1974) GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE TENABO AREA, LANDER CO NEV, USGS MAP MF-647

Reference (Production): STAGER, H.K., (1977)


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.