Unnamed Prospect

The Unnamed Prospect is a gold and copper mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.

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: Unnamed Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Washoe

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold, Copper

Lat, Long: 39.61, -119.95889

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Unnamed Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Prospect
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site #4143


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Peavine


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Tourmaline
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Limonite
Unknown: Magnetite


Comments

Comment (Geology): PIEDMONTITE-RICH AREAS IN WELDED TUFF OCCUR ABOUT 100M TO THE WEST OF THE LOCALITY.

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS UP TO 3M DEEP.

Comment (Deposit): NBMG SAMPLE # 4143 IS GRAB GOSSAN AND VEIN MATTER FROM DUMPS.


References

Reference (Deposit): UNNAMED PROSPECT, PEAVINE DISTRICT, WASHOE COUNTY, GARSIDE, L.J., SAMPLE SITE VISIT 7/7/89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)


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.