Mammoth Prospect

The Mammoth Prospect is a silver and gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,280 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

Name: Mammoth Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

Elevation: 6,280 Feet (1,914 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Gold

Lat, Long: 38.18583, -117.70333

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Mammoth Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Mammoth Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Antimony


Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Gilbert (Desert) 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

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1925
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Joint Cracks


Alterations

Not available


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

Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Gangue: Anhydrite
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Gypsum


Comments

Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN, BUT IS APPROXIMATED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Workings): TUNNEL WITH 500 FT OF DRIFTS AND IRREGULAR WORKINGS MOSTLY IN FOOTWALL OF THE VEIN. AN INCLINED SHAFT WAS SUNK 134 FT ON THE DIP OF THE VEIN (38-45NW) AND A LEVEL WAS STARTED AT THIS POINT

Comment (Deposit): VEIN IN RHYOLITE BRECCIA WEST OF CHERT RIDGE NEAR GILBERT. VEIN 10-30 FT WIDE IS COARSELY CRYSTALLINE BANDED WHITE AND LIGHT BROWN CALCITE. VALUABLE MINERALS OCCUR ONLY NEXT TO HANGING WALL WHERE VEIN CONSISTS OF QUARTZ (IN PART FINE-GRAINED & DRUSY, IN PART LAMELLAR) AND CALCITE WITH GYPSUM AND ANHYDRITE


References

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1978, MILS DATA

Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E.H., 1963, NBMG BULL 61, P. 65

Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1927, USGS BULL 795-F, P. 141.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 78, PL. 2, P. 67


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.