The Moriah Prospect is a stone, crushed/broken mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,501 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
Elevation: 3,501 Feet (1,067 Meters)
Commodity: Stone, Crushed/Broken
Lat, Long: 37.11333, -114.72722
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Moriah Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Moriah Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Stone, Crushed/Broken
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Vigo Area
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: Sedimentary
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BEDDED
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fractures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): FRESHLY GRADED ROAD, CUT IN HILLSIDE; SHALLOW PROSPECT PIT
Comment (Deposit): PILES OF BURNED TRASH AT SITE; LOOKS AS IF COPPER-OR ALUMINUM WIRE/TRASH HAS BEEN BURNED TO REMOVE INSULATION; ACTIVITY UNRELATED TO MINERAL OCCURRENCE. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): SE SIDE OF KANE SPRINGS VALLEY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Development): NEW CLAIM MARKERS, "MORIAH CLAIMS" (1984). THIS IS IN THE SAME AREA AS SOME 1981 CLAIMS OWNED BY JAMES BRODSHAW-CLAIMS PROBABLY STAKED FOR GOLD
Comment (Deposit): BUFF-COLORED FLAGGY SANDY SILTSTONE WITH HEMATITE OXIDATION RINGS ALONG BEDDING AND FRACTURE SURFACES, MOSTLY RED TO LIGHT BROWN COLORS, WITH SOME PURPLE. POSSIBLY GOLD-BEARING CARBONACEOUS SHALE.
References
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, APRIL 4, 1984.
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970, NBMG BULL 73, PL. 2.
Reference (Deposit): MEADOW VALLEY MOUNTAINS G-E-M RESOURCES AREA TECHNICAL REPORT, 1983, FOR BLM.
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.
