Unnamed Prospect Pits

The Unnamed Prospect Pits is a lead mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,300 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

Name: Unnamed Prospect Pits  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lincoln

Elevation: 7,300 Feet (2,225 Meters)

Commodity: Lead

Lat, Long: 37.88167, -114.59917

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Unnamed Prospect Pits MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Prospect Pits


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Manganese
Tertiary: Iron


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Comet District


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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Form: TABULAR

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS

Comment (Location): ABOUT 1000 FT N OF LYNDON GULCH, 600 FT N 45 W FROM SCHOODE MINE.

Comment (Deposit): 2 LAMPROPHYRE DIKES AND 2 PARALLEL VEINS. THE NORTH VEIN IS THIN BUT STRONGLY MINERALIZED WITH SOME REPLACEMENT OF THE LIMESTONE. THE SOUTH VEIN IS THIN WITH ABUNDANT BROWN-GRAY AND DARK-GRAY FE-MN OXIDES ANDLEAD


References

Reference (Deposit): FITCH, D.C., 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COMET DISTRICT, LINCOLN CO., NEVADA; UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO, ALBUQUERQUE, M.S. THESIS P.82


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.