Unnamed Prospect

The Unnamed Prospect is a mine located in Nevada county, California.

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: Unnamed Prospect  

State:  California

County:  Nevada

Elevation:

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 39.03667, -121.10222

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Satelite image of the Unnamed Prospect

Unnamed Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Prospect


Commodity

Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Gold


Location

State: California
County: Nevada


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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

Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Production): APPARENTLY NEVER DEVELOPED AS NONE OF THE LATER MATERIAL PUBLISHED BY THE STATE MAKES MENTION OF EITHER OF THESE DEPOSITS.

Comment (Workings): PROSPECTS

Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS SPARINGLY SCATTERED THROUGH A QUARTZOSE AND DOLOMITIC GANGUE ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN SERPENTINE AND QUARTZITE.


References

Reference (Deposit): U. S. G. S. GEOL. ATLAS, 1895 ; SMARTSVILLE, CALIF., FOLIO 18 , LAST PAGE OF TEXT; AND ON ECONOMIC MAP


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