Unnamed Prospects #4

The Unnamed Prospects #4 is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,674 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

Name: Unnamed Prospects #4  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 7,674 Feet (2,339 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.71167, -116.97389

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Unnamed Prospects #4 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Prospects #4


Commodity

Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Iron


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Jefferson Canyon 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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal Mn


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Pyritization


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Location): ON SOUTH SLOPE OF JEFFERSON CANYON JUST EAST OF SIERRA NEVADA (KANROHAT) PROPERTY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Workings): LARGE DUMP AT MOUTH OF LONG ADIT

Comment (Geology): LARGE DUMP CONTAINS FRAGMENTS OF GOSSAN AND COCKSCOMB QUARTZ VEINS WITH SOME MN OXIDE STAIN. LIMESTONE IS PYRITIZED. OUTCROP IS SILICIFIED, PYRITIZED WELDED TUFF OR RHYOLITIC INTRUSIVE.

Comment (Deposit): LONG ADIT MAY REACH TO GRANITE ON SOUTH. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT


References

Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., (IN PRESS), GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY: NBMG BULL


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.