The Marble Canyon Prospect is a silver and lead mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,699 feet.
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
Elevation: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 38.98306, -117.80111
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Marble Canyon Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Marble Canyon Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Ellsworth District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Near-Surface Oxidation
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: LEAD CONTENT OF THE ORE WAS ABOUT 10
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR HEAD OF MARBLE CANYON ABOVE MARBLE FALLS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): SMALL SHIPMENTS WERE PROBABLY MADE BY CHLORIDING THE SILVER-ENRICHED SURFACE ORES
Comment (Development): SEVERAL SHIPMENTS WERE PROBABLY MADE BY "CHLORIDING" THE SILVER-ENRICHED SURFACE ORES
Comment (Deposit): NARROW VEINS CONTAINING PARTLY OXIDIZED ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA
Comment (Workings): "MUCH SHALLOW WORK"
References
Reference (Production): KRAL, V.E., (1951) P. 111
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY; UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL XLV, NO 3; GEOL & MIN. SER. NO. 50
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.
