San Emidio District
Overview
Other Names: Mud Lake
County: Washoe
Commodities: gold, silver, mercury, montmorillonite, sulfur
Comments
Includes the San Emidio desert and the northern Lake Range north of Winnemucca (Mud) Lake.
References
Bonham, 1969, p. 94; Papke, 1970, p. 39; Tingley, 1989a, p. 11
San Francisco District
Overview
Other Names: Hercules Gate, Hercules
County: White Pine
Discovered: 1869
Organized: 1869
Commodities: silver, lead
Comments
The district occupies Heusser Mountain, an extension of the Egan Range west of McGill. Mines are located on the mountain’s eastern and southwestern flanks, north of Hercules Gap (Hercules Gate). San Francisco was originally organized as the Hercules district.
References
Stretch, 1867, p. 98; Browne, 1868, p. 424; White, 1871, p. 85; Angel, 1881, p. 656; Hose and others, 1976, p. 75
San Jacinto District
Overview
Other Names: Poker Brown
County: Pershing
Discovered: 1872
Commodities: silver, lead, arsenic
Comments
Situated 9 miles northwest of Rye Patch Station, in the southern tip of the Antelope Range. The district, discovered by Poker Brown, includes the Poker Brown Mine and is sometimes called the Poker Brown district.
References
Whitehill, 1877, p. 66; Lincoln, 1923, p. 216; Stoddard, 1932, p. 80; Vanderburg, 1936b, p. 35; La Heist, 1964, p. 66; Johnson, 1977, p. 86; Bonham, 1980
Sand Pass District
Overview
Other Names: Astor Pass, Flanigan, Honey Lake, Sand Pass mining area
County: Washoe
Commodities: fuller’s earth, calcium carbonate, gold
Comments
Includes the north end of the Virginia Mountains and the Terraced Hills in the Astor Pass area. The Sand Pass district also includes the Flanigan area of Lincoln (1923). Gold and silver are reported to have been mined from the Vernon Mine, 15 miles east of Doyle, California.
References
Lincoln, 1923, p. 234, 238; Overton, 1947, 671; Tingley, 1989a, p. 14; Tingley, 1990, p. 46
