The Unnamed Mine is a gold and boron-borates mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.
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
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Unnamed Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site #3321
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Boron-Borates
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
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Advanced Argillic
Rocks
Name: Metavolcanic Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): NBMG SAMPLE # 3321B IS OF SELECT PYRITE AND VEIN QUARTZ FROM A DUMP OF AN ADIT CAVED AT THE PORTAL. OTHER SAMPLES OF SIMILAR VEIN AND ALTERED WALLROCK FROM AREA ON THE SOUTHERN FLANK OF PEAVINE PEAK INCLUDE #3322, #3323, #3401, #3402, #3406, #3407.
Comment (Workings): ADITS AND SHAFTS. TREND OF WORKINGS IS N50-60W. MINERALIZED ZONE IS NOT OBVIOUS.
Comment (Geology): HIGHLY PYRITIFEROUS MATERIAL IS PRESENT ON THE DUMPS, AS WELL AS WHITE VEIN QUARTZ AND BLACK TOURMALINE WHICH IS INTERGROWN WITH PYRITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): UNNAMED MINE, PEAVINE DISTRICT, WASHOE COUNTY, GARSIDE, L.J., SAMPLE SITE VISIT 4/22/85, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)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.
