The Unnamed Prospect Shaft is a silver and iron mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,650 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,650 Feet (2,027 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Iron
Lat, Long: 37.90583, -114.60972
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Unnamed Prospect Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospect Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Comet District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
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
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: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): N OF PEASLEY (PEASLEE) CANYON
Comment (Workings): 60 FT DEEP PROSPECT SHAFT (INACCESSIBLE)
Comment (Deposit): SHAFT CUTS A QUARTZ VEIN, LIMONITE - BEARING QUARTZ ON DUMP.
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.
