Piper Prospect

The Piper Prospect is a silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,949 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Piper Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

Elevation: 6,949 Feet (2,118 Meters)

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 37.55917, -117.81167

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Piper Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Piper Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Windy Pah (Fesler) 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

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Workings): PROSPECT PITS

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN ALONG CONTACT OF GRANITE WITH CALCAREOUS STRATA

Comment (Location): ABOUT 2 MILES S 65 W FROM THE CHLORIDE PROSPECT. UTM IS TO ONE OF SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Development): 2 CLAIMS LOCATED WEST OF THIS POINT AND 6-7 CLAIMS TO THE EAST, COVERING THE LEDGE FOR A LENGTH OF OVER 2 MILES (1906)


References

Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1906, USGS P.P.55 P.85-90.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL. 78, P. 72.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.