Prospector may refer to:

Space exploration

* Prospector (spacecraft), a planned lunar probe, canceled in 1962 * ''

Lunar Prospector ''Lunar Prospector'' was a spacecraft that orbited the Moon for 19 months in 1998-99. From a low polar orbit, it mapped surface composition including lunar hydrogen deposits, measured magnetic and gravity fields, and studied lunar outgassing e ...

'', a NASA spacecraft

Trains

Prospector (train) The ''Prospector'' was a passenger train operated by the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad between Denver, Colorado, Denver, Colorado and Salt Lake City, Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. There were two incarnations of the train: a streamlined, ...

, a passenger train operated by the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad *

The Prospector (train) ''The Prospector'' is a rural passenger train service in Western Australia operated by Transwa between East Perth railway station, East Perth and Kalgoorlie railway station, Kalgoorlie. On this service, two trains depart almost at the same tim ...

, a passenger train service in Western Australia between Perth and Kalgoorlie

Other uses

Prospector (library catalog) The Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries is an association of a number of libraries in Colorado and Wyoming. Purpose The Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries was established in 1974. One major purpose of the Alliance is to share resources ...

, a unified catalog for Colorado and Wyoming *

Prospecting Prospecting is the first stage of the geological analysis (followed by Mining engineering#Pre-mining, exploration) of a territory. It is the search for minerals, fossils, precious metals, or mineral specimens. It is also known as fossicking. ...

, exploring an area for natural resources such as minerals, oil, flora or fauna * ''Prospectors'' (TV series), a weekly reality television series that premiered in 2013 on The Weather Channel * ''The Prospector'', a statue outside the Sitka Pioneer Home in Sitka, Alaska, United States * ''

Le Chercheur d'or ''Le Chercheur d'or'' is a novel written in French by French Nobel laureate writer J. M. G. Le Clézio and translated into English as ''The prospector'' by Carol Marks and published by David R. Godine, Boston. Plot introduction Alexis L'Estang ...

'', a French novel by French J. M. G. Le Clézio and translated into English as ''The prospector'' by Carol Marks * "The Prospector", nickname of American archer

Brady Ellison Brady Ellison (born October 27, 1988) is an American archer who competes in recurve archery. He holds the record for the longest continuous period as the world number-one-ranked men's recurve archer, from August 2011 to April 2013. He earned ...

* ''The Prospector'', student newspaper at the

University of Texas at El Paso The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a public university, public research university in El Paso, Texas, United States. Founded in 1913 as the State School of Mines and Metallurgy, it is the third oldest academic component of the Univers ...

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