The Unnamed Shaft and Prospects is a gold and copper mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Unnamed Shaft and Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Shaft and Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Oak Spring District
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1905
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS ARE WHITE, VUGGY AND CONTAIN MINOR SULFIDES. ONE SAMPLE IS FROM A DUMP NEAR A SHAFT IN QUARTZ MONZONITE AND CONSISTS OF BRECCIATED QUARTZ VEIN SYSTEM WITH MINOR SULFIDES
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP & RANGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983
Comment (Development): WORKINGS ARE VERY OLD AND ARE ASSUMED TO BE PART OF THE EARLY AU/AG PROSPECTING IN THE AREA
Comment (Workings): 3 SHALLOW SHAFTS AND ADJACENT PROSPECTS AT MOUTH OF OAK SPRING WASH
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, J., BENTZ, J., TINGLEY, J.V. AND SMITH, P., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION ON NOV. 11, 1982
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.
