Prospect Pit

The Prospect Pit is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,899 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: Prospect Pit  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 37.29028, -116.78194

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Prospect Pit MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Prospect Pit
Secondary: Sample Location #1909


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Tolicha 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
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Fault


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): JUST SSW OF LANDMARK MINE, ON STRIKE WITH SAME VEIN SYSTEM. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Deposit): MASSIVE GREY-WHITE VEIN OF QUARTZ AND QUARTZ-BRECCIA, RECEMENTED BY VERY HARD CHERTY QUARTZ

Comment (Workings): PROSPECT PIT AND SMALL INCLINE


References

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, J. AND BENTZ, J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION 12-5-82


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.