Green Prospect

Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity Antimony
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009275
MRDS ID D002152
Record type Site
Current site name Green Prospect
Alternate or previous names Hazel Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.66765, 39.83323 (WGS84)
Relative position NW FLANK OF MOPUNG HILLS 2.5 MILES SE OF OCALA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carson Sink SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023N 029E 09 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bindheimite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ASSAYED 50.62% SB, 0.29% SE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Star Peak Form.; Slate, Shales
    Rock description Star Peak Form.; Slate, Shales
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.66765, 39.83323

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLADED, FIBROUS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lake Mining Dist.

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Southern Pacific Railroad

Comments on the workings information

  • BOULDERS WERE ERODED FROM NEARBY VEINS OR VEIN, AVERAGE IN SIZE 2 BY 3 INCHES, BUT RANGE UP TO 30 BY 60 BY 80 INCHES, ANGULARITY SUGGEST NO GREAT MOVEMENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83

  • Production

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 61

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.