The Unnamed Manganese Prospect #1 is a manganese mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,991 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,991 Feet (1,826 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 40.62833, -117.06611
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Unnamed Manganese Prospect #1 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Manganese Prospect #1
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal Mn
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Faults
Type: L
Description: N-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, FAULT ZONE. PSILOMELANE AND PYROLUSITE IN N-TRENDING STRINGERS ALONG FAULT IN QUARTZITE.
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 OF SW 1/4 SEC. 19
Comment (Workings): 2 PITS
Comment (Geology): PSILOMELANE AND PYROLUSITE OCCUR IN N-TRENDING STRINGERS ALONG FAULT IN QUARTZITE
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPED BY TWO PITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL., 1964, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEV.
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.
