The Unnamed Prospect is a gold, silver, manganese, and iron mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,101 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,101 Feet (1,250 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Manganese, Iron
Lat, Long: 37.29583, -114.08000
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Unnamed Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospect
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 791
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Iron
Secondary: Gemstone
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Vigo Is Closest Mining District
Land Status
Not available
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: Bedding Plane Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching, Argillization Of Volcanics
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NBMG SAMPLE 791 CONTAINS 10% FE, 20% CA, 2000 PPM MN, 150 PPM BA, 200 PPM SR.
Materials
Ore: Jasper
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Development): ALLEGED TO BE SITE OF MN PROSPECTS, BUT NONE WERE FOUND IN 1983.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHALLOW DOZER CUTS
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS EXPLORE AN EXPOSED RIB OF HEAVILY FE-STAINED JASPER/JASPEROID FILLING FISSURES BETWEEN BEDDING PLANES IN CARBONATE. OTHER STRINGERS AND VEINLETS OF JASPER/JASPEROID WERE OBSERVED PARALLELLING BEDDING WEST OF THE MAIN RIB. APPEARS TO BE JASPER INFILLING BEDDING PLANE FAULTS RATHER THAN A RIB OF JASPEROID. CARBONATES CARRY PODS OF CRYSTALLINE CALCITE, AND PARALLELLING THE BEDS ARE SACLHROIDAL CALCITE VEINLETS CARRYING OXIDIZED GRAINS OF FE-STAINED SILICA. THE MAIN RIB OF JASPER IS MASSIVE TO BRECCIATED, HEAVILY FE-OX STAINED. THE BRECCIATED JASPER IS CEMENTED BY CHALCEDONIC SILICA, WHITE TO DARK BLUE, AND CARRIES A VERY FINE-GRAINED GREY METALLIC MINERAL. CUTTING THE JASPER ARE YELLOWISH-BROWN SILICEOUS VEINLETS. PALE GREEN SURFACE COATINGS (MALACHITE?) OCCUR ON EXPOSED SURFACES. VERY MINOR MNOZ SPOTS SURFACES. NORTH OF THE SAMPLE SITE, RHYOLITIC VOLCANICS OUTCROP, STRONGLY BLEACHED, ARGILLICALLY ALTERED.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, 8/21/1983
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.
