Unnamed Prospects #5

The Unnamed Prospects #5 is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,549 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 #5  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 7,549 Feet (2,301 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 38.71417, -116.97611

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Unnamed Prospects #5 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Prospects #5
Secondary: Charles Property ?


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Copper


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

Type: Surface/Underground


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 vein, Comstock


Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Yes; Silicification; Talcose Alteration


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLES CARRIED A TRACE TO 0.1 OZ/TON AU
Analytical Data: 4.4 TO 75 OZ/TON AG


Materials

Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): LARGE AREA OF NUMEROUS PROSPECTS ON NORTH SLOPE OF JEFFERSON CANYON JUST BELOW CONFLUENCE OF SAWMILL CANYON WITH JEFFERSON CANYON (CARPER DESCRIBES A "CHARLES PROPERTY" ADJOINING KANROHAT TO THE NORTH, WHICH WOULD BE IN ABOUT THIS AREA)? ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): 2 CLAIMS ON CHARLES PROPERTY

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ-VEINED ALTERED SHEAR ZONE. VEINS ANASTOMOSE, AND, WHERE JOINED SWELL TO AS MUCH AS 5 FT. THICK. MAY BE ALONG CONTINUATION OF THE SIERRA NEVADA, OR KANROHAT VEIN (3 PARALLEL FLAT VEINS)

Comment (Geology): MN-OXIDE-COATED QUARTZ, LOCAL CALCITE MATRIX, AND SECONDARY COPPER MINERALS NOTED.

Comment (Workings): LARGE SURFACE OPENINGS TO ABOUT 30FT X 30FT EXTEND DOWNWARD AT GENTLE DIPS (10-15 NE) INTO SIMILARLY INCLINED DRIFTS; MAIN SHAFT 200 FT. DEEP WITH DRIFTS ON 50 AND 100-FT LEVELS. OTHER SMALL SURFACE WORKINGS


References

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

Reference (Deposit): CARPER, A.F., 1920, REPORT ON THE CHARLES PROPERTY, JEFFERSON CANYON, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NBMG; FILE 247, NO. 1.


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