The Vindicator Mine is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,549 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: 7,549 Feet (2,301 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.94528, -117.78583
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Vindicator Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vindicator Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 3170
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Ellsworth District
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Cominco
Years: 1980 -
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: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization Of Volcanics.
Rocks
Name: Felsic Volcanic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Felsic Volcanic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF CLINTON BAIRD PROPERTY. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): VERY OLD WORKINGS: GLORY HOLE WOULD INDICATE SOME SMALL PAST PRODUCTION. NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1986.
Comment (Deposit): SAMPLE 3170 WAS CHIPPED FROM A VEIN IN AN ADIT BEARING N70W, 90 DEGREES. ADIT IS NOW PART OF A GLORY HOLE IN WHITE ARGILLIZED VOLCANICS
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT-GLORY HOLE AND SEVERAL OLD SHALLOW SHAFTS. GLORY HOLE IS ABOUT 350 FT LONG AND 150 FT WIDE
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 10 MAY 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 99B, 1984, P. 91-94.
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.
