The Unnamed Prospect #8 is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.72361, -116.99722
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Unnamed Prospect #8 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospect #8
Secondary: Seever Property ?
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Jefferson Canyon Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES RAN FROM A TRACE TO 0.8 OZ/TON AU AND 1.4 TO 29.96 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ALTERED GOUGY BRECCIA ZONE; BUNCHES AND SEAMS OF HIGH-GRADE SILVER ORE.
Comment (Workings): ADIT DRIVEN SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET ON VEIN; SEVERAL RAISES; SMALL STOPES. ON THE SURFACE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF DRIFTING AND STOPING WAS DONE IN THE EARLY DAYS BY MEXICANS OR INDIANS
Comment (Location): ON SOUTH SIDE OF RIDGE SEPARATING SLAUGHTER HOUSE CANYON FROM JEFFERSON CANYON, ABOUT 0.5 MILE UPSTREAM FROM CONFLUENCE OF THE CANYONS. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY FITS THAT OF STOTESBURY FOR THE SEEVER PROPERTY, AND THE TWO ARE DESCRIBED HERE AS THE SAME PROPERTY. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): STOTESBURY, H.W., 1918, REPORT ON SEEVER PROPERTY, JEFFERSON CANYON: NBMG FILE 247 ITEM 2.
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., (IN PRESS) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL.
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.
