The Open-Cut Prospect is a copper mine located in Carson City county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Open-Cut Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Open-Cut Prospect
Secondary: NBMG # 3603
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Carson City
District: Voltaire
Land Status
Not available
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
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
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Location): THERE IS NO ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY UNLESS ONE WALKS FROM PREMIER MINE SITE.
Comment (Development): UNKNOWN ; ECON.COM: UNKNOWN BUT THOUGHT TO BE A PART OF THE PREMIER MINE
Comment (Workings): OPEN-CUT WITH PROSPECTS AND PITS ABOVE AND TO THE WEST
Comment (Geology): DISCORDANT AND BEDDING PLANE QUARTZ VEINS IN LIMESTONE AND SCHIST. THE LIMESTONE IS MARBLIZED AND BADLY FRACTURED. THERE ARE NO VISIBLY INTRUSIVE ROCKS.
References
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, VOLTAIRE MINING DISTRICT, CARSON CITY COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 4-27-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED DISTRICT MINING FILES (TINGLEY FILES))
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.
