Railroad Pass Deposit

The Railroad Pass Deposit is a gold mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 2,402 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: Railroad Pass Deposit  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

Elevation: 2,402 Feet (732 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 35.97111, -114.90833

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Railroad Pass Deposit MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Railroad Pass Deposit


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Potassium


Location

State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Camp Alunite/Las Vegas District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1908
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Physiographic Detail: River Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR, GENERALLY LENTICULAR PLAN


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alunitization, Silicification


Rocks

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 2 ANALYSES SHOW 16.6 % AND 65.2 % ALUNITE


Materials

Ore: Copper
Ore: Alunite
Ore: Kaolinite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): POTENTIAL RESOURCE ESTIM. BY R. B. HALL BASED ON 1974 RECON PLUS PUB AND UNPUB DATA, THIS DEPOSIT NOT CONSIDERED VIABLE ALUNITE RESOURCE

Comment (Geology): ALUNITIZATION IRREGULAR IN DISCRETE LOCALIZED AREAS OF SMALL DIMENSIONS

Comment (Commodity): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES

Comment (Production): NO ALUNITE PROD; EARLY WORKS PROSPECTING FOR GOLD ORE . GARDNER'S ( 1943 ) UNPUB. REPORT MENTIONS THERE WERE SOME SHIPMENTS OF GOLD BUT THE AMOUNT IS UNKNOWN.

Comment (Development): SEVERAL PROSPECT SHAFTS PITS SUNK IN SEARCH FOR GOLD ORE NOT ALUNITE. NO ALUNITE PRODUCED

Comment (Deposit): SOME ALUNITE DISSEMINATED THROUGH ALTERED ROCK, BUT MOST CONSPICUOUS PART OCCURS AS SMALL IRREGULAR VEINLETS. DEPOSIT IS READILY ACCESSIBLE AND THERE IS VERY LITTLE OVERBURDEN. SIZE/DIRECTIONAL DATA IS FOR ALUNITE DEPOSIT ONLY.

Comment (Location): NEAR JUNCTION OF US HIGHWAYS 93 AND 95 BETWEEN LAS VEGAS AND BOULDER CITY.

Comment (Workings): ONE 200 FT. SHAFT, A 40 FT. ADIT, A SHALLOW SHAFT, AND MANY OPEN CUTS AND PITS.


References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , USBM R. I. 3561 , P. 15

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1936 , IN HEWETT, D. F., AND OTHERS, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REGION AROUND BOULDER DAM: USGS BULL. 871 , P. 144 - 145 .

Reference (Deposit): GALE, H. S., 1917 , IN PHALEN, W. C., POTASH SALTS: MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE US, 1915 , PART II - NONMETALS, P. 111 - 113 .

Reference (Deposit): GARDNER, L. S., 1943 , UNPUB. REPT. IN USGS FILES

Reference (Deposit): HILL, R. T., 1908 , THE GOLDFIELD TYPE OF ORE OCCURENCE: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 86 , P. 1096 - 1099 .

Reference (Deposit): 5) HILL, R. T., 1908 , A SCIENTIFIC SEARCH FOR A NEW GOLDFIELD: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 86 , P. 1157 - 1160 .

Reference (Deposit): 6) HILL, R. T., 1908 , CAMP ALUNITE, A NEW NEVADA GOLD DISTRICT: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 86 , P. 1203 - 1206 .

Reference (Deposit): 7) THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 15 .

Reference (Deposit): 1908 DIREXPL R.T. HILL: MINE WORKS

Reference (Deposit): 1915 RECON H.S. GALE: NOTES

Reference (Deposit): 1942 GEOLMAP L.S. GARDNER: UNPUB REPT


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.