The Georgine Mine is a silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,020 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: 6,020 Feet (1,835 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.15528, -118.10306
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Georgine Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Georgine Mine
Secondary: Georgene Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Candelaria
Land Status
Not available
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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Candelaria Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pre-Tertiary Hydrothermal
Rocks
Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): ACCORDING TO PAGE ( F1 ) MINE MAY HAVE HAD LIMITED PRODUCTION DURING THE YEARS 1905 AND 1906
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED FAULT ZONE
Comment (Location): .3 MI NE OF POTOSI MINE
Comment (Workings): EXTENSIVE WORKINGS. MAIN SHAFT, ADIT AND SCATTERED SURFACE WORKINGS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SPECIFIC INFO. NOT KNOWN, REFER TO RECORD NO. M035465
References
Reference (Deposit): PAGE, B. M., 1959 , GEOLOGY OF THE CANDELARIA MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 56
Reference (Deposit): COUCH, CARPENTER, 1943 , NEVADAS METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION ( 1859 - 1940 , INCLUSIVE) UNIV. OF NEV. BULL., VOL. 37 , NO. 4
Reference (Production): COUCH & CARPENTER F2
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.
