The Sections 27 and 34 Prospects is a mine located in Douglas county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.605, -119.39139
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Sections 27 and 34 Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sections 27 and 34 Prospects
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Douglas
District: Wellington
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: 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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PROBABLE CLAIM EXTENSION OF ARROWHEAD MINE
Comment (Workings): PAIR OF ADITS LESS THAN 1/4 MI SOUTH OF ARROWHEAD MINE
Comment (Deposit): ACTIVE GOLD EXPLORATION IN AREA DURING 1978 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 75
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.
