The Sulfur Prospect No. 1 is a sulfur mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity: Sulfur
Lat, Long: 37.55, -117.20944
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Sulfur Prospect No. 1 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sulfur Prospect No. 1
Secondary: May Be Same As Edwin Giles Mine
Commodity
Primary: Sulfur
Tertiary: Silica
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Cuprite District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1908
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Bleaching By Solfataric Action
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Opal
Ore: Sulfur
Gangue: Alunite
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 1.5 MILES NW OF THE RAILWAY STATION, ON SUMMIT OF AN OVAL HILL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): A CAR OR TWO OF MATERIAL WAS SORTED AND SHIPPED FROM THE VARIOUS PROSPECTING PITS
Comment (Deposit): OVAL SHAPE, UNKNOWN THICKNESS. SULFUR LIES UNDER A CHALCEDONIC CAPPING
Comment (Workings): PROSPECT PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): BALL, S.H., 1907, USGS BULL. 308, P. 71.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 78, PL. 2.
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS P.P. 66, P. 109-110
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.
