The Horse Shoe Claims ? is a gold mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.62639, -119.06417
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Horse Shoe Claims ? MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Horse Shoe Claims ?
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Perlite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Wilson - Pine Grove
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Ira Fallon, Fallon, Nv., P. B. Mapes, Yerrington, Nv.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1928
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): OF 5 SAMPLES TAKEN BY NEV. BUREAU IN 1945 , AU AVERAGED 0.14 OZ. PER TON, AG AVE. 1.7 OZ. PER TON
Comment (Location): TUNNEL 5 MILES SW OF CAMBRIDGE MINE
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 75
Reference (Deposit): 1945 GEOLMAP NEV. STATE BUREAU OF MINES, UNPUBLISHED DAT
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.
