Moriah Prospect

The Moriah Prospect is a stone, crushed/broken mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,501 feet.

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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: Moriah Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lincoln

Elevation: 3,501 Feet (1,067 Meters)

Commodity: Stone, Crushed/Broken

Lat, Long: 37.11333, -114.72722

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Moriah Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Moriah Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Stone, Crushed/Broken
Tertiary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Vigo Area


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
Deposit Type: Sedimentary
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: BEDDED


Structure

Type: L
Description: Fractures


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Workings): FRESHLY GRADED ROAD, CUT IN HILLSIDE; SHALLOW PROSPECT PIT

Comment (Deposit): PILES OF BURNED TRASH AT SITE; LOOKS AS IF COPPER-OR ALUMINUM WIRE/TRASH HAS BEEN BURNED TO REMOVE INSULATION; ACTIVITY UNRELATED TO MINERAL OCCURRENCE. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Location): SE SIDE OF KANE SPRINGS VALLEY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Development): NEW CLAIM MARKERS, "MORIAH CLAIMS" (1984). THIS IS IN THE SAME AREA AS SOME 1981 CLAIMS OWNED BY JAMES BRODSHAW-CLAIMS PROBABLY STAKED FOR GOLD

Comment (Deposit): BUFF-COLORED FLAGGY SANDY SILTSTONE WITH HEMATITE OXIDATION RINGS ALONG BEDDING AND FRACTURE SURFACES, MOSTLY RED TO LIGHT BROWN COLORS, WITH SOME PURPLE. POSSIBLY GOLD-BEARING CARBONACEOUS SHALE.


References

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, APRIL 4, 1984.

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970, NBMG BULL 73, PL. 2.

Reference (Deposit): MEADOW VALLEY MOUNTAINS G-E-M RESOURCES AREA TECHNICAL REPORT, 1983, FOR BLM.


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.