The Small Prospect Pit is a copper mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,549 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
Elevation: 6,549 Feet (1,996 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 37.88639, -114.61028
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Small Prospect Pit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Small Prospect Pit
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Iron
Secondary: Manganese
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Comet District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): SMALL PROSPECT PIT WEST OF BURROWS CANYON (EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN)
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN
Comment (Workings): PROSPECT PIT
References
Reference (Deposit): FITCH, D.C., 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COMET DISTRICT, LINCOLN CO., NEV.; UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO M.S. THESIS, P. 55
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.
