The Unnamed Lead Deposit is a lead mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,699 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 40.45222, -118.13500
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Unnamed Lead Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Lead Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Unionville 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritized, Silicified, Sericitezed Rhyolite
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHAFT EXPOSES A QUARTZ VEIN AT 75 FT DEPTH
Comment (Geology): THE ORE IS BRECCIATED. SULFIEDS HAVE BEEN OXIDIZED TO CERUSSITE AND LIMONITE
Comment (Deposit): SHAFT EXPOSES A QUARTZ VEIN AT A DEPTH OF 75 FEET. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Development): NO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1984.
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE IS BRECCIATED. SULFIDES HAVE BEEN OXIDATED TO CERUSSITE AND LIMONITE.
Comment (Location): LOCATION, UTM APPROXIMATE
References
Reference (Deposit): CAMERON, 1939, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF NE HUMBOLDT RANGE, NEVADA; GSA BULL. 50 NO. 4
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., JR., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF UNIONVILLE DISTRICT.
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.
