The Unknown is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.
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Unknown MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unknown
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Sierra (Dun Glen, Orofino, Chafey, Sunshine) 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
Owner Name: Proquip, Inc., , Bart Conn, President
Home Office: P.O. Box 2012, Winnemucca, Nv 89445
Years: 1983 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972); PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = WINNEMUCCA 1:250000
Comment (Development): LISTED AS AN ACTIVE OPEN PIT GOLD MINE IN 1983, EMPLOYING 16 PERSONS. STILL ACTIVE IN 1984-1985. IN MARCH, 1985, IT WAS REPORTED THAT HOMESTAKE MINING CO. SIGNED AN OPTION TO ENTER A -JOINT VENTURE WITH PROQUIP.
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT. NEW PIT, BULLDOZER WORK, DAMS PONDING SILTS (1984)
Comment (Reserve-Resource): 2000 ACRES
References
Reference (Deposit): NBMG MAP 84, 1983, ACTIVE MINES AND OIL FIELDS.
Reference (Deposit): DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALEN-DAR YEARS 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, INCLUSIVE.
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 27 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, 5-15-85
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MINING RECORD, 5-15-85.
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.
