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Mammoth Prospect

The Mammoth Prospect is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,402 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

Name: Mammoth Prospect

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.1511, -115.65560

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Mammoth Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Mammoth Prospect
Secondary: Spar Mine
Secondary: Pine Creek Prospect
Secondary: Carlson Prospect
Secondary: Horseshoe
Secondary: Northern Horseshoe
Secondary: Higrade
Secondary: North Star Group
Secondary: Perkins Claim
Secondary: Rocket Group and Big Jim
Secondary: Perkins Prospect
Secondary: Jumbo Prospect
Secondary: White Horse

Commodity

Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Calcium
Tertiary: Silica
Tertiary: Magnesite
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Quinn Canyon District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Woon, Norman E.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Montana
Info Year: 1981

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1970
Discovery Year: 1943
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Jasper
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): DIMENSIONS APPLY TO MAMMOTH CLAIM, THE SPAR, PERKINS, HORSESHOE, AND PINE CREEK CLAIMS ARE OUTLINED IN BACKUP DATA DIP OF MINERALIZED ZONE RANGES FROM 15 TO 10 DEG. WEST. SIZE OF ORE BODY: MEDIUM

Comment (Location): GENERAL LOCATION: ABOUT 101 KM WEST OF CALIENTE.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): MATRIX 1 COL. 1 DOES NOT INCLUDE SPAR, PERKINS, HORSESHOE AND PINE CREEK CLAIMS.

Comment (Production): HORTON R.C.,1961,AN INVENTORY OF FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA,NEV. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 1 HORTON R.C.,FLUORSPAR OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA,NEV.BUREAU OF MINES MAP 3,1962 BENSON,W.T.,1950,WELCH FLUORSPAR PROSPECT,NYE COUNTY, NEV. USBM PRELIMINARY REPORT 5P STEPHENSON,E.L.,1953,WELCH FLUORSPAR CLAIMS, REPORT FOR STANDARD SLAG CO. PAPKE, K.G.,1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULL.93. SAINSBURRY,C.L.,ETAL,1970, FLUORITE DEPOSITS IN THE QUINN CANYON RANGE: USGS BULL.1272. WORL, R.G.,ET AL, 1974; FLUORITE IN THE UNITED STATES; USGS MAP MR-60

References

Reference (Deposit): PAPER 820, 1973, PP. 223 -235.

Reference (Deposit): D. A. BROPST, AND W. P. PRATT. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF.

Reference (Deposit): FLUORINE. CH. IN UNITED STATES MINERAL RESOURCES, ED. BY

Reference (Deposit): 816. WORL, R. G., R. E. VAN ALSTINE, AND D. R. SHAWE.

Reference (Deposit): CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY. U.S. GEOL. SURV.

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS OF THE QUINN CANYON RANGE, NEVADA. PAPER IN

Reference (Deposit): 604. SAINSBURY, C. L., AND F. J. KLEINHAMPL. FLUORITE

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. BULL. 13, 1979, 77 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 545. PAPKE, K. FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND

Reference (Deposit): SURV. OPEN-FILE MAP, 1967, SCALE 1:200,000.

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL.

Reference (Deposit): 357. KLEINHAMPL, F. J., AND J. I. ZIONY. PRELIMINARY

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REP. 4, 1963, 19 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 283. HORTON, R. C. AN INVENTORY OF BARITE OCCURRENCES IN

Reference (Deposit): IN NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REP. 1, 1961, 31 PP.

Reference (Deposit): 281. HORTON, R. C. AN INVENTORY OF FLUORSPAR OCCURRENCES

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. SURV. MAP MR-60, 1974, SCALE 1:3,168,000.

Reference (Deposit): FLUORITE IN THE UNITED STATES (EXCLUSIVE OF HAWAII). U.S.

Reference (Deposit): AND GEOL. BULL. 65.)

Reference (Deposit): 815. WORL, R. G., R. E. VAN ALSTINE, AND A. V. HEYL.

Reference (Deposit): JULY 23, 1964, 314 PP. (ALSO PUBLISHED AS NV BUREAU OF MINES

Reference (Deposit): 88TH CONGR., 2D SESS,, SENATE DOCUMENT 87,

Reference (Deposit): 733. U.S. SENATE. MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): BULL. 1272-C, 1969, 22 PP.

Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.