The Land Rover Prospect is a silver and lead mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.
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Land Rover Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Land Rover Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Iron Hat District; Aldrich District; Cherry Creek 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
Owner Name: C. L. Jones Of Elkotysher Corp And Tri-Metals Corp
Years: 1981 -
Owner Name: Tri-Metals Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1965
Discovery Year: 1970
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: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: 2 Sets Steep Faults Trending Wnw & Nne; Graben
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2336, GRAB MATERIAL FROM DUMPS AND OUTCROP INCLUDING GOSSAN, JASPEROID AND BARITE, CONTAINS 15 % FE, 0.1 % -MG, 0.15 % TI, 30 PPM AG, +10000 PPM AS, 500 PPM B, 300 PPM BA-, 1 PPM BE, 70 PPM BI, 15 PPM CO, 20 PPM CR, 100 PPM CU, 50 PP-M NI, 300 PPM PB, 300 PPM SB, 20 PPM SC, 50 PPM V, 50 PPM ZR.
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): NE SIDE OF CHINA MTN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): EARLY PROSPECT WORKINGS FROM 1920'S OR 1930'S. A TRIAL SHIPMENT OF 946 LBS ORE WAS MADE IN AUGUST, 1965. NUMEROUS BULLDOZER ROADS,RECENTLY GRADED (1984)
Comment (Deposit): SEVEN UNPATENTED LODE MINING CLAIMS WERE LOCATED IN 1963. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF OLD SHALLOW PROSPECT WORKINGS DONE IN 1920'S OR EARLY 1930'S. TRENCHES MADE IN 1965 BY TRI-METALS CO AND A TRIAL SHIPMENT OF 946 LBS SORTED ORE WAS MADE IN AUGUST 1965. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Workings): TRENCHES, PROSPECT PITS. SEVERAL OLDER ADITS AND PITS, NUMEROUS BULLDOZER ROADS (MORE RECENT) NORTH OF THE CHERRY CREEK DRAINAGE AREA. SO-ME OF THE ROADS HAVE BEEN RECENTLY GRADED, (1984). DRILL HOLES
Comment (Geology): A WNW MINERALIZED FAULT ("BARRITE-VEIN") CUTS THROUGH THE GRABEN OF FAVRET FORMATION. NORTH OF THIS MINERALIZED FAULT, 6 TO 10 VEINS VARYING FROM A FEW INCHES TO 3 FEET WIDE STRIKE N25W AND DIPS 55SW. SOUTH OF THE MINERALIZED FAULT A STRONG VEIN-GOSSAN 7 FT. WIDE STRIKES N25W & DIPS 50SW.
Comment (Deposit): JASPEROID, BARITE, GOSSAN, AND LOCALLY REMNANTS OF PYRITE OCCUR IN IRREGULAR VEINLIKE BODIES. SOME GOSSAN-RICH SIL-IFICIED ZONES STAND OUT AS RIBS ON THE SURFACE. THE UPPER SLOP-E OF THE HILL HERE IS PREDOMINANTLY GRAY DOLOMITE, WHILE THE L-OWER ADIT HAS ITS PORTAL IN TUFFACEOUS SANDSTONE AND CONGLOMER-ATE. THE BARITE VEINS AND STOCKWORKS AND THE JASPEROID ZONES S-EEM TO TREND N OR NE, NEAR VERTICAL TO 60W. SOME GOSSAN-BARITE--JASPEROID ZONES ARE 1 M OR MORE WIDE. HEMIMORPHITE IS REPORTE-D BY PAPKE (1984)
References
Reference (Deposit): PAYNE, ANTHONY, 1965, UNPUB REPORT ON THE LAND ROVER PROSPECT, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 278.
Reference (Deposit): PAPKE, K. G., 1984, NBMG BULL 98, P.119-120
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 14 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG OFR 85-3, 1985
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.
