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