Unnamed Gold Prospect3

The Unnamed Gold Prospect3 is a gold and tungsten mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,308 feet.

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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: Unnamed Gold Prospect3  

State:  Nevada

County:  Humboldt

Elevation: 5,308 Feet (1,618 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Tungsten

Lat, Long: 41.17861, -117.48500

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Unnamed Gold Prospect3 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Gold Prospect3


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Tungsten


Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Dutch Flat District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Type: Underground


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: Polymetallic veins


Orebody

Form: PINCH AND SWELL


Structure

Type: L
Description: N50e


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite


Comments

Comment (Location): SW 1/4 OF SW 1/4 OF SW 1/4 OF SEC. 09

Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS

Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF 3 ADITS TOTALLING ABOUT 340 FT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: FAULT ZONE CONTAINS QUARTZ STRINGERS WITH SMALL AMOUNTS OF SCHEELITE


References

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 59.

Reference (Deposit): HOTZ, P. E., AND WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE OSGD MOUNTAINS QUAD. HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 431.


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.