Unnamed Gold Prospect5

The Unnamed Gold Prospect5 is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,249 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Gold Prospect5

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: DISCONTINUOUS, TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal, In Places

Rocks

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAY RAN 0.02 OZ. AU AND 0.4 OZ AG/TON

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): LOWER AIDT (ADIT) IS 280 FT. LONG, STOPED ABOVE AND BELOW, WITH A RAISE TO A 65-FT DRIFT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Production): DUMPS INDICATE ABOUT 1000 TONS ORE REMOVED

Comment (Workings): DRIFTS, ADITS, RAISE

Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: QUARTZ VEIN 2 TO 5 FEET THICK OCCUPIES FAULT ZONE; DISCONTINUOUS AND BRECCIATED

Comment (Location): SE 1/4 OF NE 1/4 OF SEC. 17, ON S. SIDE OF RIDGE

References

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

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

Reference (Production): WILLDEN, R., 1964

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.