Unnamed Gold Mines

The Unnamed Gold Mines is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.

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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 Gold Mines  

State:  Nevada

County:  Pershing

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 40.57, -117.89222

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Unnamed Gold Mines MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Gold Mines


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Willow Creek District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

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


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SEC. 11; UTM TAKEN AT ONE OF CENTRAL ADITS

Comment (Development): NO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1984

Comment (Deposit): GOLD-QUARTZ VEINS 1/4 TO 1-INCH WIDE

Comment (Workings): ADITS

Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: GOLD-QUARTZ VEINS 1/4 TO 1-INCH IN WIDTH

Comment (Deposit): NARROW GOLD-QUARTZ VEINS EXPOSED AT THE HEAD WATERS OF THE WEST FORK OF WILLOW CREEK WERE APPARENTLY MINED BUT NO PRODUCTION RECORDS CAN BE DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO THESE DEPOSITS CONSISTS OF ADITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV


References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTASUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955-1961, V. 1, SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO, P. 85

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF WILLOW CREEK DISTRICT

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


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.