The Unnamed Prospect is a iron and gold mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Unnamed Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospect
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site #3318
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Peavine
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Epidotization, Albitization
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Tourmaline
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 1-3 M WIDE ZONE.
Comment (Workings): BULLDOZER CUTS
Comment (Geology): THE BOXWORK MAY REPRESENT ORIGINAL PYRITE. THE TOURMALIZED ZONE IS LOCALLY CUT BY WHITE ALTERATION, POSSIBLY ALBITE. LOCAL BLEACHING OF THE ROCKS COULD BE DUE TO SUPERGENE ACID LEACHING. SIMILAR TOURMALINE OR TOURMALINE-MAGNETITE MINERALIZATION IS PRESENT ELSEWHERE ON PEAVINE PEAK. SPARSE MALACHITE IS PRESENT AT THIS LOCALITY; COPPER SULFIDES ARE PROBABLY PRESENT IN UNOXIDIZED ORE.
Comment (Deposit): SAMPLE #3318 IS SELECT LIMONITE, MAGNETITE, SCHORLITE AND MALACHITE FROM A DUMP & PIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): UNNAMED PROSPECT, PEAVINE DISTRICT, WASHOE COUNTY, GARSIDE, L.J., SAMPLE SITE VISIT 8/4/83, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)
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.
