Millionare Mine

The Millionare Mine is a silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,499 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

Name: Millionare Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Pershing

Elevation: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 40.4275, -118.14750

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Millionare Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Millionare Mine


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Unionville District


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1873
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: N And Nw Trending Faults


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Covellite


Comments

Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000

Comment (Development): NO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1984

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF WHEELER MINE AREA. THE VEIN IS 8 TO 20 INCHES WIDE AND LIES ALMOST HORIZONTAL BETWEEN LIMESTONE STRATA.

Comment (Geology): VEIN IS 8 TO 20 INCHES WIDE AND LIES ALMOST HORIZONTAL BETWEEN LIMESTONE STRATA

Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERED IN 1873. DEPOSIT SIMILAR TO THAT OF WHEELER MINE AREA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV


References

Reference (Deposit): WHITEHILL, 1875, BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST OF STATE OF NEVADA FOR YEARS 1873 & 1874; CARSON CITY NEV., STATE PRINTER

Reference (Deposit): MAJOR RESOURCES LTD, 1977, UNPUB. REPORT

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., JR., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION OF UNIONVILLE DISTRICT.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.