The Eldorado Rover Mining Co. is a gold mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 2,402 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,402 Feet (732 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.7025, -114.79778
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Eldorado Rover Mining Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eldorado Rover Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Eldorado
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
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Geology): ORE FOUND IN 3 VEINS AND IN GANGUE OF SHATTERED COUNTRY ROCK WITH QUARTZ & CALCITE.
Comment (Deposit): INCLUDES ROVER, FLAGSTAFF (DUNCAN), RAMBLER AND SKYLARK CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FROM THE GROUP OF CLAIMS HAS BEEN $550,000 ; $360,000 OF THAT FROM THE FLAGSTAFF CLAIM.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT COMPRISES 3 INCLINED SHAFTS, DEEPEST AT FLAGSTAFF. WATER FOR MILLING IS PUMPED FROM DUNCAN AND RAMBLER SHAFTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 .
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1937 , RECONNAISANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CLARK CO., US BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6964 , P. 31 .
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.
