The Unnamed Gold Prospect1 is a gold and antimony mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,951 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,951 Feet (1,509 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Antimony
Lat, Long: 41.17778, -117.48750
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Unnamed Gold Prospect1 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Gold Prospect1
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Dutch Flat 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
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
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, PINCHES OUT DOWN-DIP
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN WAS DEVELOPED ON TWO LEVELS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): NE 1/4 OF NE 1/4 OF SEC. UM.
Comment (Workings): VEIN DEVELOPED ON TWO LEVELS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: QUARTZ VEIN 2-3 FT WIDE, PINCHES OUT DOWN-DIP
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; NEV. BUR MINES BULL 59.
Reference (Deposit): HOTZ, P. E., AND WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD MOUNTAINS QUAD., HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 431.
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.
