The Amargosa Group is a lead mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Amargosa Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Amargosa Group
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Aurum
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Discovery Year: 1882
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE AMARGOSA GROUP CONSISTS OF 5 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR
Comment (Geology): ORE BODIES ARE IRREGULAR, AND THOSE DEVELOPED ARE NOT LARGE.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1880'S
Comment (Location): NEAR THE SUMMIT OF AN EASTERN SPUR OF THE RANGE NEAR THE HEAD OF FRENCHMAN CREEK.
Comment (Production): A CARLOAD OF SORTED ORE SHIPPED IN 1913 IS SAID TO HAVE CARRIED 52 % PB AND 6 OZ / T AG.
Comment (Development): PRODUCED A LITTLE ORE IN 1913
Comment (Workings): 2 INCLINES
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M, 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, US GEO. BULL. 648
Reference (Deposit): HOSE,R.K., BLAKE, M. C. JR. AND SMITH, R. M., 1976, NBMG BULL 85, P. 44.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.
Reference (Production): HILL, J.M., 1916, P. 192.
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.
