The Unnamed Copper-Silver Prospect is a copper and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Unnamed Copper-Silver Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Copper-Silver Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Lone Mountain District; Weepah 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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Skarn (Tactite)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Skarn (Tactite)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED AREA. ACCESSIBLE BY GRADED DIRT ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): TACTITE OCCURS IN SEQUENCE OF CHERT AND ARGILLITE OF PALMETTO FORMATION. SOME VEIN QUARTZ. WITH TETRAHEDRITE OCCURS ON SHAFT DUMPS. TACTITE IS PREDOMINANTLY GARNET WITH NO VISIBLE METALLIC MINERALIZATION.
Comment (Workings): 10 M DEEP SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM,H.F.,JR., 1979, FIELD EXAMINATION
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS,J.P. AND STEWART,J.H., 1972,NBMG BULL 78.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG OFR 83-8, 83-11, 1983.
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.
