Small Prospect Trenches

The Small Prospect Trenches is a manganese and lead mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,699 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Small Prospect Trenches  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lincoln

Elevation: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)

Commodity: Manganese, Lead

Lat, Long: 37.87639, -114.60333

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Small Prospect Trenches MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Small Prospect Trenches


Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron


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

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Vein Offset By Scmodde Fault


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena


Comments

Comment (Location): SOUTH OF MOUTH OF LYNDON GULCH, NORTH OF PAN AMERICAN MINE.

Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN IS THIN AND CONTAINS ABUNDANT MN AND FE OXIDES AND SOME LEAD

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SMALL PROSPECT TRENCHES


References

Reference (Deposit): FITCH, D.C., 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COMET DISTRICT, LINCOLN CO., NEVADA: UNIV. OF NEW MECXIO, M.S. THESIS, P. 81


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.