The Moore Prospect is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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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
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.88139, -115.41972
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Moore Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Moore Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Jarbidge District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mr. Moore
Years: 1923 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal Alteration Of Rhyolite
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): IT CONSISTS PRINCIPALLY OF A FAIRLY GOOD LUCKING 2 1/2 FOOT-VEIN, WHICH AT THE CABIN STRIKES N.400E AND DIPS 65 DEG SE. THE VEIN ALSO SHOWS IN A NEARBY 20-FOOT SHAFT AND 50-FOOT TUNNEL, WHERE IT IS IN PART SPLIT UP INTO SEVERAL STRINGERS ITLIES IN BROWNISH-GRAY MEDIUM-GRAINED RHYOLITE, WHICH IS HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED, & CONTAINS CCONSIDERABLE SECONDARY QUARTZ & OTHER MINERALS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = JARBIDGE (1943) 1:625000
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, TUNNEL
Comment (Geology): VEIN IS IN BROWNISH GRAY, MEDIUM GRAINED HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED RHYOLITE
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C.(1923)JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT, NEV., USGS BULL.741
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.
