Land Rover Prospect

The Land Rover Prospect is a silver and lead mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Land Rover Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Barium-Barite

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Iron Hat District; Aldrich District; Cherry Creek 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: C. L. Jones Of Elkotysher Corp And Tri-Metals Corp
Years: 1981 -

Owner Name: Tri-Metals Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1965
Discovery Year: 1970
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: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: 2 Sets Steep Faults Trending Wnw & Nne; Graben

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2336, GRAB MATERIAL FROM DUMPS AND OUTCROP INCLUDING GOSSAN, JASPEROID AND BARITE, CONTAINS 15 % FE, 0.1 % -MG, 0.15 % TI, 30 PPM AG, +10000 PPM AS, 500 PPM B, 300 PPM BA-, 1 PPM BE, 70 PPM BI, 15 PPM CO, 20 PPM CR, 100 PPM CU, 50 PP-M NI, 300 PPM PB, 300 PPM SB, 20 PPM SC, 50 PPM V, 50 PPM ZR.

Materials

Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Barite

Comments

Comment (Location): NE SIDE OF CHINA MTN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): EARLY PROSPECT WORKINGS FROM 1920'S OR 1930'S. A TRIAL SHIPMENT OF 946 LBS ORE WAS MADE IN AUGUST, 1965. NUMEROUS BULLDOZER ROADS,RECENTLY GRADED (1984)

Comment (Deposit): SEVEN UNPATENTED LODE MINING CLAIMS WERE LOCATED IN 1963. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF OLD SHALLOW PROSPECT WORKINGS DONE IN 1920'S OR EARLY 1930'S. TRENCHES MADE IN 1965 BY TRI-METALS CO AND A TRIAL SHIPMENT OF 946 LBS SORTED ORE WAS MADE IN AUGUST 1965. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Workings): TRENCHES, PROSPECT PITS. SEVERAL OLDER ADITS AND PITS, NUMEROUS BULLDOZER ROADS (MORE RECENT) NORTH OF THE CHERRY CREEK DRAINAGE AREA. SO-ME OF THE ROADS HAVE BEEN RECENTLY GRADED, (1984). DRILL HOLES

Comment (Geology): A WNW MINERALIZED FAULT ("BARRITE-VEIN") CUTS THROUGH THE GRABEN OF FAVRET FORMATION. NORTH OF THIS MINERALIZED FAULT, 6 TO 10 VEINS VARYING FROM A FEW INCHES TO 3 FEET WIDE STRIKE N25W AND DIPS 55SW. SOUTH OF THE MINERALIZED FAULT A STRONG VEIN-GOSSAN 7 FT. WIDE STRIKES N25W & DIPS 50SW.

Comment (Deposit): JASPEROID, BARITE, GOSSAN, AND LOCALLY REMNANTS OF PYRITE OCCUR IN IRREGULAR VEINLIKE BODIES. SOME GOSSAN-RICH SIL-IFICIED ZONES STAND OUT AS RIBS ON THE SURFACE. THE UPPER SLOP-E OF THE HILL HERE IS PREDOMINANTLY GRAY DOLOMITE, WHILE THE L-OWER ADIT HAS ITS PORTAL IN TUFFACEOUS SANDSTONE AND CONGLOMER-ATE. THE BARITE VEINS AND STOCKWORKS AND THE JASPEROID ZONES S-EEM TO TREND N OR NE, NEAR VERTICAL TO 60W. SOME GOSSAN-BARITE--JASPEROID ZONES ARE 1 M OR MORE WIDE. HEMIMORPHITE IS REPORTE-D BY PAPKE (1984)

References

Reference (Deposit): PAYNE, ANTHONY, 1965, UNPUB REPORT ON THE LAND ROVER PROSPECT, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 278.

Reference (Deposit): PAPKE, K. G., 1984, NBMG BULL 98, P.119-120

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 14 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

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

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.