The Gold Stakeminemine is a gold mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.69389, -114.52306
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Gold Stakeminemine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Stakeminemine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Chief
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1892
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1982
Comment (Production): REPORTEDLY ASSAYS $3-$27 FOR 70 FEET (1936)
Comment (Deposit): ORE CONSISTS OF ZONES OF BRECCIATED QUARTZITE CEMENTED BY IRON OXIDE. EN ECHELON VEINS FOLLOW AN ALTERED DIORITE DIKE. VEIN CONSISTS OF CRUSHED QUARTZITE AND GOUGE.
Comment (Workings): MAIN WORKINGS ARE 3 INACCESSIBLE SHAFTS AND 2 PITSAND A 285-FT TUNNEL IN 1936.AND A 285-FT TUNNEL IN 1936.
Comment (Geology): GOLD STAKE VEIN FOLLOWS ALTERED DIORITE DIKE. ENECHELON VEINS IN QUARTZITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO, NEV BUR MINES BULL 73
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E, 1936, GEOLOGY OF THE CHIEF DISTRICT, LINCOLN CO., BULL OF NEVADA NO. 26
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.
