The Unnamed Prospect #3 is a silver, copper, and gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,848 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,848 Feet (2,697 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.1225, -117.53389
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Unnamed Prospect #3 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospect #3
Secondary: Near War Eagle Or Last Chance Claims But Does Not Have Enough
Secondary: Workings To Be Either
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Jackson 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
Owner Name: Marshall Earth Resources
Home Office: Houston, Tx
Years: 1981 -
Owner Name: Recent Surveying By Minerals Management, Fish Lake Valley, Nv.
Years: 1981 -
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite
Comments
Comment (Location): HIGH ON RIDGE SEPARATING HEADWATERS OF WILLOW CREEK AND WAR EAGLE CANYONS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHORT ADITS, NONE OVER ABOUT 50M IN LENGTH; SMALL PIT
Comment (Deposit): VEIN QUARTZ ON DUMPS; COPPER OXIDES ON FRACTURES
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., FIELD EXAMINATION, 8 AUG 1981
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.
