The Unnamed Gold Prospect13 is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,151 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,151 Feet (1,570 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.17222, -117.48528
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Unnamed Gold Prospect13 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Gold Prospect13
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Dutch Flat Distric T
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: Surface/Underground
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
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alteration Zone In Seciments
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): 300 FT. SW OF PROSPECT12
Comment (Workings): PIT, INCLINE, 2 ADITS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: NARROW VEINS AND VEINLETS OF CRUSHED, WHITE, VUGGY QUARTZ
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPED BY A PROSPECT PIT, 40-FT. INCLINE, AND 2 ADITS, 45 FT AND 285 FT. LONG. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): HOTZ, P. E. AND WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; 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.
