Knight Prospect

The Knight Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 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

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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.