The Scott Prospect is a gold mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 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
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.67111, -117.71472
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Scott Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Scott Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Alpine (Clan Alpine, 1864) 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: Scott, G.
Home Office: Fallon
Years: 1947 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Comments
Comment (Development): THE DEPOSIT IS SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED GOOD VALUES IN GOLD AND TO CONTAIN MOLYBDENITE WITH WHICH MOST OF THE GOLD IS ASSOCIATED.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED GOOD VALUES IN GOLD. MOST OF GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH MOLYBDENITE.
Comment (Location): IN NORTHERN END OF ALPINE MINERAL BELT, 14 MILES NNE OF ALPINE, 4 MILES NORTH OF BYER'S RANCH AND ABOUT 1 MILE WEST OF THE SHOSHONE PASS-BYER RANCH-ALPINE ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., R.C. SPEED, 1974; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA; N.B.M.G. BULL. 83
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.
