The Knight Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 41.20833, -117.28750
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Knight Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Knight Prospect
Secondary: Ed Knight's Claims
Secondary: Ne End of Mountain King Mine Area
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Potosi District; Getchell 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
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
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: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: UP TO 2% WO3, BUT AVERAGE 0.5% WO3.
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR CREST OF OSGOOD RANGE ABOUT 0.5 MILE EAST OF RICHMOND MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION FROM THE PROPERTY; NO ACTIVITY IN 1984
Comment (Deposit): CLAIMS COVER A SMALL SALIENT IN THE NORTHERN MARGIN OF THE GRANODIORITE STOCK. SCHEELITE OCCURS IN SMALL BODIES OF TACTITE AND DISSEMINATED IN ALTERED SULFIDES ALONG THE CONTACT OF LIMESTONE AND CALCAREOUS HORNFELS WITH GRANODIORITE. SOME THIN LAYERS OF ORE FROM 1 TO 3 FEET THICK CONTAIN AS MUCH AS 2% WO3, BUT MOST OF THE MATERIAL AVERAGES LESS THAN 0.5% WO3.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL PITS, TRENCHES, SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL. ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): HOBBS, S.W. AND CLABAUGH, S.E., 1946, NBMG BULL. 44, PL. 1, P. 28.
Reference (Deposit): HOTZ, P.E. AND WILLDEN, R., 1964, USGS PP 431, P. 111, FIG. 16.
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 6 SEP 84, FIELD EXAMINATION. OF R.E. CLAIMS PIT
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.
