The Ole Mine is a gold mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,199 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
Elevation: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 36.25056, -114.21278
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Ole Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ole Mine
Secondary: Big Thing Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Gold Butte
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: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES AND PODS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): AREA UNSURVEYED
Comment (Workings): ONE ADIT TRENDING S40 DEGREES FOR ABOUT 800 FEET.
Comment (Geology): LENSES AND PODS OF WHITE QUARTZ IN SHEARED GNEISS & SCHIST. RAISE NEAR PORTAL EXPLORES CONTACT BETWEEN BIOTITE LAMPROPHYRE DIKE AND COUNTRY ROCK. ORE MINERALS FOUND ALONG SHEAR ZONE.
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 , P. 184 .
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J. M., 1916 , NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEV., USGS BULL. 648 , P. 53 .
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.
