The Cumberland Mine is a gold mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,500 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,500 Feet (2,286 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.07667, -114.39167
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Cumberland Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cumberland Mine
Secondary: Part of the Gold Exchange Group.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Osceola
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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Discovery Year: 1872
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VUGS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faulting With Little Displacement
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ADJACENT PARALLEL FISSURES FORM A SHEETED ZONE. VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINS MANY VUGS LINED WITH FLUORITE, GOLD, AND OTHER MINERALS.
Comment (Workings): LENGTH OF WORKINGS IS APPROXIMATE. CONSISTS OF THREE TUNNELS
Comment (Geology): ORE ALONG FAULT ZONE WITH MANY SMALL FISSURES AND CLAY SEAMS
References
Reference (Deposit): WEEKS, F.B., 1908, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE OSCEOLA DISTRICT, WHITE PINE CO. NEV NEV US GEO BULL 340
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, FRANCES CHURCH, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA
Reference (Deposit): TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA; PREPARED FOR BLM.
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C. JR. AND SMITH, R-M., 1976, NBMG BULL 85.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983 MILS DATA
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.
