The Old English Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.
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Old English Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Old English Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2649
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Desert 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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Wall Rock Is Chloritized, Fractured, Bleached, Kaolinized For 10-15 Ft Away From Shear Zone.
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2649, A DUMP SAMPLE OF BRECCIATED VEIN QUARTZ WITH CU OX AND FE OX, CONTAINS 5% FE, 0.03 % MG, 0.1 % CA, 0.-07 % TI, 200 PPM MN, 50 PPM AG, 700 PPM AS, 10 PPM AU, 50 PPM -B, 200 PPM BA, 10 PPM CR, 1000 PPM CU, 7 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 300- PPM PB, 150 PPM SB, 100 PPM V, 50 PPM W, 15 PPM ZR.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = DESERT PEAK (1951) 1:625000
Comment (Deposit): NARROW STOPES FOLLOW SHEAR ZONE IN SHEETED, ALTERED DIORITE. BRECCIATED QUARTZ VEIN FOLLOWS SHEAR ZONE; LOTS OF CU- OX AND FE OX ALONG ZONE AND VEIN.
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT, NARROW STOPES ON VEIN; VERTICAL SHAFT TO EAST
Comment (Geology): MINE IS DEVELOPED BY A VERTICAL SHAFT AND INCLINED SHAFT ON A QUARTZ VEIN THAT STRIKES N 15 DEG W AND DIPS 28 DEG - 40 DEG NE. IT IS A SINGLE VEIN OF VARIABLE WIDTH AND ABOUT A FOOT THICK IN THE ACCESSIBLE WORKINGS. THE VEIN IN THE WALL OF THE INCLINED SHAFT CONTAINED 20 PPM SILVER AND 0.05 PPM GOLD. DUMP QUARTZ CONTAINED 50 PPM SILVER AND 4.5 PPM GOLD. (WILLDEN AND SPEED, P 67) BASIN AROUND MINE DISPLAYS MOTTLED RED AND GREEN ALTERATION (HEMATITE AND CHLORITE). EASTERN SHAFT HAS GREEN ALTE-RED METAVOLCANICS ON DUMP.
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, RONALD, AND SPEED, R C, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 83.
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J. V.,1985, FIELD EXAMINATION 2/26/85 AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
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.
