Gillis Prospect

The Gillis Prospect is a mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,601 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: Gillis Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.67667, -118.28111

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Gillis Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Gillis Prospect
Secondary: Gillis Iron No. 1 and 2


Commodity

Tertiary: Iron


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Fitting


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: R. L. Crews
Home Office: Hawthorne, Nv.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
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: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Limonite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Chalcedony


Comments

Comment (Commodity): CHIP OF HIGH GRADE CONTAINED 51.7 % FE MOST MATEIAL TOO LOW-GRADE TO BE ORE

Comment (Location): ESTIMATE LOCATION

Comment (Deposit): FERRUGINOUS AREA 300 FT IN DIAMETER

Comment (Workings): BULLDOZER SCRAPINGS AND SCATTERED PITS


References

Reference (Deposit): REEVES, SHAWE, KRAL, 1958 , IRON DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, PART B, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 53


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.