The Gold Prospect 4 is a gold and silver mine located in Douglas county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Gold Prospect 4 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Prospect 4
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site # 3456
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Douglas
District: Gardnerville
Land Status
Not available
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
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): OLD PROSPECT CUTS FOLLOW STRIKE OF THE VEIN, 2 NEW BULLDOZER CUTS (TRENCHES ABOUT 100 FT LONG & 12 FT WIDE).
Comment (Geology): PARALLEL & INTERSECTING VEINS RANGE FROM 1-4 INCHES THICK AND FOLLOW FRACTURES & FOLIATION PLANES IN THE ARGILLITE. FOLIATION IS N50W & DIPS 30 NE. AREA OF VEINING IS ABOUT 4 FT. WIDE & IS SHEETED. VUGGY VEINS ARE 2 TO 3 INCHES APART WITHIN THE ZONE & HAVE LARGE BOXWORKS AFTER PYRITE (1/4 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS).
Comment (Deposit): OLD PROSPECT CUT EXPOSES A BRECCIATED, MILKY WHITE QUARTZ VEIN (WHICH IS MANGANESE AND IRON-OXIDE STAINED) CUTTING META-ARGILLITE. THE VEIN IS ABOUT 1 FOOT THICK, STRIKES N-S AND IS VERTICAL.
References
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., NBMG SAMPLE SITE # 3456 VISIT, DEC.16,1988
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.
