The Oriental Wash Prospects is a copper and gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Oriental Wash Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oriental Wash Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Tokop (Gold Mountain, Oriental Wash) 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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Location): WEST END OF GOLD MOUNTAIN RIDGE; 6 MILES FROM SAND SPRINGS; AT LEAST 3 PROSPECTS UTM IS TO AREA OF SEVERAL PROSPECTS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Deposit): THIN QUARTZ VEIN; MALACHITE REPLACEMENT VEIN
Comment (Workings): PROSPECT PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): BALL, S.H., (907, USGS BULL 308, P 190-191
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.
