The Essex Tunnel is a gold mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Essex Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Essex Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Bald Mtn (Joy Or Ruby Mtn)
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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): ORE IN SUBPARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS 4-6 INCHES WIDE. TWO RATHER PERSISTANT QUARTZ STRINGERS ABOUT 18 INCHES APART ARE THE MOST MINERALIZED. THE QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY HAS SOME DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND GOLD.
Comment (Production): QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY SAID TO ASSAY $19 PER TON IN AU
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M, 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, US GEO. BULL. 648
Reference (Production): HILL, JAMES, 1916
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.
