The Moly Prospect is a copper and molybdenum mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Moly Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Moly Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Lone Mountain 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
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Quartz-Sericite Alteration
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): MOLYBDENITE IN QUARTZ CAN BE SEEN ON THE DUMP OF A SHALLOW SHAFT. HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED, MEDIUM GRAINED, PORPHYRITIC GRANITE OUTCROPS OVER ANAREA OF A FEW HUNDRED SQUARE METERS.
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM,H.F., JR. AND GARSIDE,L.J., 1979, NBMG BULL 92.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG OFR 83-8, 83-11, 1983
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.
