Unnamed Beryl Prospects

The Unnamed Beryl Prospects is a beryllium and uranium mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,402 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Beryl Prospects

Commodity

Primary: Beryllium
Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Gilbert Canyon Area

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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1942
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W veins

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Beryl
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): GILBERT CANON AND MCCUTCHEON CREEK

Comment (Development): GILBERT CANYON PEGMATITE AREA WAS EXPLORED FOR BERYL PRIOR TO 1942

Comment (Deposit): BERYL CRYSTALS 2" TO 3" ACROSS AND A LITTLE COLUMBITE, TANTALITE, AND URANINITE OCCUR IN PEGMATITE DIKES

Comment (Workings): SMALL PITS, TRENCHES

Comment (Geology): BERYL IN PEGMATITE DIKES

Comment (Deposit): THE GILBERT CANYON PEGMATITE AREA WAS EXPLORED PRIOR TO 1942 FOR BERYL BY MEANS OF SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES. ONE PROSPECT IN GILBERT CANYON 18' WIDE CONTAINED FEW SCATTERED BERYL CRYSTALS 2"-3" ACROSS, AND A LITTLE COLUMBITETANTALITE AND URANINITE. A FINE GRAINED PEGMATITE ON THE N. SIDE OF MCCUTCHEON CREEK (SEE 4) CONTAINS A FEW GREEN BERYL CRYSTALS AND A LITTLE COLUMBITE-TANTALITE. NO PRODUCTION IS RECORDED FROM THIS AREA THROUGH 1969. ; INFO.SRC :

References

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, ROSCOE M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT, 1976-56

Reference (Deposit): OLSON & H. INRICHS, 1960, US. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1082-D

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.