The Sw Section 10 Prospects is a gold mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,701 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: 4,701 Feet (1,433 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.91361, -119.06611
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Sw Section 10 Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sw Section 10 Prospects
Secondary: NBMG # 4273
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Yerington
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): THE AREA HAS CONSIDERABLE BROKEN PURPLE BOTTLES IN THE VICINITY OF A CAMP SITE.
Comment (Development): HISTORY UNKNOWN ; ECON.COM: PRODUCTION UNKNOWN
Comment (Workings): 3 SHAFTS AND 1 PROSPECT PIT SHAFTS ADITS AND DRIFTS
Comment (Geology): THE VERTICAL VEIN IN A FISSURE IS HOSTED IN GRANITE AND SUNK ON THE SHAFT. APPROXIMATELY 10 TONS OF QUARTZ VEIN AND BRECCIA IS STOCKPILED ON THE DUMPS.
Comment (Deposit): SOME OF THE MATERIAL HAS BEEN SCOOPED UP AND HAULED OFF. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G., 1969 , MINERAL RESOURCE MAP OF LYON, DOUGLAS, AND ORMSBY CO., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 75 .
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS,YERINGTON MINING DISTRICT,LYON COUNTY,QUADE VISIT SITE 6-29-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).
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.
