Unnamed Prospect

The Unnamed Prospect is a iron mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,400 feet.

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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:  Nevada

County:  Pershing

Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)

Commodity: Iron

Lat, Long: 40.00306, -118.14750

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Unnamed Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Iron


Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Mineral Basin 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: Southern Pacific Co.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Skarn Fe


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Scapolitized


Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.02% P
Analytical Data: 22.8% FE
Analytical Data: 0.01% S


Materials

Ore: Magnetite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): AREA UNDERLAIN BY SCAPOLITIZED DIORITE, INTRUDED BY ANDESITE PORPHYRY DIKES.

Comment (Workings): DRILL HOLES

Comment (Geology): AREA UNDERLAIN BY SCAPOLITIZED DIORITE, INTRUDED BY ANDESITE PORPHYRY DIKES

Comment (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY ESTIMATED ORE DEPOSIT IS 1200 FT. LONG, 125 FT WIDE AND AT LEAST 200 FT. DEEP. FIRST DEVELOPMENT WORK IN 1951-52 WAS A MAGNETOMETER SURVEY. DIAMOND DRILL HOLES WERE DRILLED. ONE HOLE ENCOUNTED MATERIAL WITH AVERAGE OF 20% FE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = DIXIE HOT SPRINGS (1966) 1:625000

Comment (Development): FIRST DEVELOPMENT WORK IN 1951-52 WAS A MAGNETOMETER SURVEY DIAMOND DRILL HOLES WERE DRILLED. ONE HOLE ENCOUNTERED MATERIAL WITH AN AVERAGE OF 20% FE.. INACTIVE IN 1985


References

Reference (Deposit): MOORE, 1971, CALIFORNIA-NEVADA IRON RESOURCES AND IRON ORE MARKETS: USBM IC 8511

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., JR., 18 JUL 85, FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.


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