The Unnamed Prospect is a copper 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 # 3412
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Freds Mountain
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericite & Phyllic
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 20M WIDE SERICITIZED ZONE IN THE FOOTWALL.
Comment (Workings): BULLDOZER CUT, VERY SMALL PIT, SHALLOW DRILL HOLE.
Comment (Geology): SPARSE COPPER STAIN (MALACHITE) OCCURS IN AN AREA OF PHYLLIC ALTERATION OR METAMORPHISM (SERICITE) IN LIGHT GRAY META-ANDESITE.
Comment (Deposit): NBMG SAMPLE# 3412 COLLECTED OF MALACHITE-STAINED SERICITIZED META-ANDESITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., NBMG SAMPLE SITE #3412 , VISITED DEC. 1, 1986
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.
