The Prospect Pit is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,899 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.29028, -116.78194
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Prospect Pit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Prospect Pit
Secondary: Sample Location #1909
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Tolicha 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
Not available
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
Type: L
Description: Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): JUST SSW OF LANDMARK MINE, ON STRIKE WITH SAME VEIN SYSTEM. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): MASSIVE GREY-WHITE VEIN OF QUARTZ AND QUARTZ-BRECCIA, RECEMENTED BY VERY HARD CHERTY QUARTZ
Comment (Workings): PROSPECT PIT AND SMALL INCLINE
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, J. AND BENTZ, J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION 12-5-82
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.
