Green Gold Mine

The Green Gold Mine is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,800 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Green Gold Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2546

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Table Mountain 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
Year First Production: 1948
Year Last Production: 1960
Discovery Year: 1935
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Some Sericite Alteration Adjacent To Vein

Rocks

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2546, DUMP GRAB, CONTAINS 0.3 % FE, 0.07 % MG, 0.02 % TI, 10 PPM MN, 2 PPM AG, 700 PPM AS, 20 PPM B, 50 PPM BA, 15 PPM CR, 20 PPM CU, 10 PPM NI, 70 PPM PB, 10 PPM V, AND 40 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS.

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Pyrite
Unknown: Sphalerite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1930'S OR BEFORE

Comment (Production): WORKED AT INTERVALS FROM 1930'S TO EARLY 1960'S BUT RECORDS OF PRODUCTION ARE SPARSE. IN 1948-49 120 TONS OF ORE WAS MILLED FOR THE FREE GOLD VALUES. LAST KNOWN PRODUCTION IN 1960.

Comment (Geology): THE MINE IS ON A QUARTZ-SPHALERITE-PYRITE VEIN

Comment (Deposit): 0.3 M WIDE QUARTZ VEIN PARALLEL TO BEDDING IN PHYLLITE AND HORNFELS WHICH STRIKES N70E, DIP 30NW (FROM CONTACT OF HORNFELS AND GRANITE). GRANITE IS CUT BY APLITE AND DIABASE DIKES. VEIN REPORTEDLY CONTAINS SPHALERITE, ALTHOUGH NONE WAS SEEN IN THE SAMPLE COLLECTED. ACCORDING TO STEVE LUDDINGTON OF USGS, THE VEIN CONTAINS SPARSE YELLOW SCHEELITE.

Comment (Workings): ONE MAIN ADIT ON VEIN.

Comment (Development): WORKED SPORADICALLY FROM 1930'S TO EARLY 1960'S WITH SPOTTY RECORDS

References

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

Reference (Deposit): WALLACE ET AL., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF BUFFALO MTN. QUAD, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA; USGS MAP GQ-821.

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., JR., 12 SEP 84,BMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference (Production): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977

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.