The Pony Meadows Claims is a gold and silver mine located in Lyon county, Nevada.
About the MRDS Data:
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Mine Info
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Pony Meadows Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pony Meadows Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Como 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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): LOCATED ALONG A SERIES OF QUARTZ VEINS NORTH OF COMO MINES. A SMALL MILL WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1929 TO TREAT GOLD ORE FROM A VEIN REPORTED TO BE 30 FT WIDE. IN 1931 A 300-TON CAPACITY CYANIDE LEACHING PLANT WAS CONSTRUCTED AND OPERATED UNPROFITABLY FOR A SHORT TIME (STODDARD AND CARPENTER, P 78)
References
Reference (Deposit): STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, JA, 1980, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 4
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.
