The Unnamed Prospect is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Unnamed Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Queen City District-Also Known As The Black Hawk District
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Quinn Canyon Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Tuff Bleached And Limonized
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 45 FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH 160 FT OF DRIFTING FROM BOTTOM AND 22 FT LEVEL-ALSO SURFACE PITS AND TRENCHES
Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = CALIENTE 1:250000
Comment (Deposit): MOST ORE CAME FROM SURFACE PITS AND TRENCHES
References
Reference (Deposit): KRALIV, V.E., 1951, NGMG BULL, 50, P. 92.
Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H, 1977, NBMG BULL. 72, P. 39.
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.
