The Prospects Ne of Michigan Boy Mine is a silver and copper mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Prospects Ne of Michigan Boy Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Prospects Ne of Michigan Boy Mine
Secondary: Some May Be Prince Claims. Sample Locations 1818
Secondary: 1819
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Oak Spring 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
Discovery Year: 1940
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): IRON-STAINED, VUGGY QUARTZ VEINLETS. QUARTZITE IS FE-MN-STAINED ALONG FRACTURES BOTH PARALLEL AND PERPENDICULAR TO BEDDING
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS
Comment (Geology): QUARTZITE BEDS 6-12 INCHES WIDE STRIKE N60W DIP 35 NE. SOME GOSSAN, SOME REMNANT GHOSTS AFTER PYRITE
References
Reference (Deposit): BENTZ, J. AND TINGLEY, J., 1983 FIELD EXAMINATION NOV. 5, 1983
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.
