The Unnamed Prospect Pits is a copper mine located in Carson City county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Unnamed Prospect Pits MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospect Pits
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site #3649
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Carson City
District: Carson City
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): COPPER MINERALIZED FISSURE IN SHALEY METASEDIMENTS NEAR A CONTACT WITH GRANITE-APLITE.
Comment (Workings): PROSPECTS
Comment (Deposit): FIRE BRAKE ROADS TO OLDER PROSPECTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): UNNAMED PROSPECT PITS, CARSON CITY DISTRICT, CARSON COUNTY, QUADE, JACK SAMPLE SITE #3649 VISIT, 5/19/89, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINING DISTRICT 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.
