The Unnamed Prospect is a manganese mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,340 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,340 Feet (1,018 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 37.07861, -114.26389
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Unnamed Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospect
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1447
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Uranium
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Gourd Spring 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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Prominent N50w, 90 Shear; Abundant Bedding Plane Shears In Siliceous Sediments
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1447 CONTAINED 10% FE, 200 PPM NM, 2 PPM AG, 1000 PPM BA, 50 PPM CU, 50 PPM MO, 700 PPM PB, 1000 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 200 PPM ZN, 500 PPM ZR.
Materials
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ADIT EXPLORES LOWER PLATE OF A THRUST FAULT WHERE MISS MONTECRISTO LIMESTONE OVERRIDES TRIASSIC MOENKOPI FM, PROMINENT N50W, 90 SHEAR AT PROTAL. MINERALIZATION APPEARS TO BE CONFINED TO OXIDIZED MN MINERALS DEPOSITED IN FAULT ZONES, WITH MOST OF THE MINERALIZATION CONFINED TO THE VERTICAL SHEAR ZONE. THE SAND/SILTSTONE WAS HIGHLY FRACTURED AND CRUSHED AND HEAVILY FE-STAINED. OVERLYING THE SILICEOUS SEDIMENTS WAS A UNIT OF THINLY-BEDDED GREY CARBONATE (MOENKOPI OR TOROWEAP FM?). SURFACE SCRAPING NE OF ADIT FOLLOWS CONTACT BETWEEN SANDSTONE AND SILTSTONE. ABUNDANT MN02 STAIN THROUGHOUT AREA.
Comment (Location): AT NW END OF JUMBLED MOUNTAIN
Comment (Workings): SINGLE ADIT TRENDING S50E, SURFACE SCRAPING NE OF ADIT, MORE ROADS THAN ARE SHOWN ON TOPO MAP
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION 8/29/83
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.
