Unknown

The Unknown is a mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Unknown

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

Elevation:

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 40.47778, -114.12306

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Unknown MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Unknown


Commodity

Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Ferguson Spring


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


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

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZED FAULT ZONE IN LIMESTONE LIMONITE PODS ALONG STROTUN (N30

Comment (Deposit): SHALLOW SHAFTS ON SITE. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV


References

Reference (Deposit): FIELD EXAMINATION BY WILTER, DUTCHOGR CU 7/30/80


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.