The Pretty Rock Group is a gold, silver, and uranium mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,850 feet.
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
Elevation: 5,850 Feet (1,783 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Uranium
Lat, Long: 41.61417, -119.39444
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Pretty Rock Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pretty Rock Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
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
Discovery Year: 1955
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: Hot-spring Au-Ag
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: LESS THAN 0.001% U3O8
Analytical Data: TRACES OF AU AND AG
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): BULLDOZER CUT
Comment (Deposit): 4 CLAIMS LOCATED IN 1955 BY B. D. STEWARD. DEVELOPED BY ONE BULLDOZER CUT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): CATHRALL, J. B., ET AL, 1978, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CHAS. SHELDON WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: USGS OPEN FILE REPT.78-1002
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.
