The Hamilton Beryl Mine is a beryllium mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Beryllium
Lat, Long: 40.30806, -118.23500
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Hamilton Beryl Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hamilton Beryl Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2559
Commodity
Primary: Beryllium
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rochester District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2559, DUMP GRAB OF PRIDA LIMESTONE, SHALE, JASPEROID WITH CU OXIDES AND TETRAHEDRITE CONTAINS 0.5 % FE, 0.1- % MG, 3 % CA, 0.005 % TI, 300 PPM MN, 200 PPM AG, 200 PPM B, -1.5 PPM BE, 10 PPM BI, 200 PPM CD, 10 PPM CR, 1500 PPM CU, 100- PPM MO, 10 PPM NI, 5000 PPM PB, 150 PPM SB, +1000 PPM SN, 10 -PPM V, 1500 PPM ZN.
Materials
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS AND JASPEROID DEVELOPED IN PRIDA LIMESTONE AND CARBONACEOUS SHALY LIMESTONE. ONE VEIN APPROXIMATELY P-ARALLEL TO BEDDING UP TO 0.5 M WIDE. MAIN STRUCTURE UP TO 1 M -WIDE STRIKES N10E, DIP 80E, OCCURS ALONG MARGIN OF JASPEROID.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL ADITS, DRILL ROADS, CUTS
Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY IN 1984, BUT DRILL ROADS ON PROPERTY.
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., JR., 25 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
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.
