Unnamed Prospect

The Unnamed Prospect is a iron, barium-barite, and manganese mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,199 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Prospect
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site #792

Commodity

Primary: Iron
Primary: Barium-Barite
Primary: Manganese

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Vigo 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

Form: MODULES

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 792 CONTAINS GREATER THAN 20% FE, 500 PPM MN, GREATER THAN 5000 PPM BA, 50 PPM CU, 100 PPM NI, 100 PPMY, 200 PPM ZN.

Materials

Ore: Barite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): DOZER CUTS WERE MADE ALONG THRUST FAULT CONTACT OF LIMESTONE OVER SHALE. THE BRECCIA ZONE IS SEVERAL FT THICK, CEMENTED BY WHITE CRYSTALLINE CALCITE. CHINLE FM IS OVERLAIN BY FE-STAINED ALLUVIUM AND SAND/SILTSTONE WEATHERING IN SITU. WEATHERING OUT OF THE FORMATION ARE IRONMANGAMESE NODULES UP TO 2.5 IN DIAMETER. NODULES ARE OXIDIZED, OF VARYING DENSITIES, FRACTURED WITH LITTLE OR NO MAGNETIC PROPERTIES. SAMPLE WAS TAKEN FROM NODULES IN FLOAT; NONE OBSERVED IN OUTCROP.

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL MINOR DOZER SCRAPES

Comment (Location): ACCESS ROAD POOR ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

References

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION 8/21/83

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.