The Rapidan is a silver and gold mine located in Lyon county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Rapidan MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rapidan
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
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: M
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): VEIN PRODUCED CONSIDERABLE PART OF THE TONNAGE MINED IN 1918-20 AND OVER 9000 TONS OF 1935 PRODUCTION. RAPIDAN VEIN STRIKES AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE COMO, IS REACHED BY A LONG BRANCH OF THE BOYLE TUNNEL. RAPIDAN IS THOROUGHLY OXIDIZED DOWN TO A POINT 170 FEET BELOW THE BOYLE TUNNEL VEIN ON BOYLE LEVEL FOUND TO CONSIST MAINLY OF CLAY WITH A SPRINKLING OF QUARTZ LENSES.
References
Reference (Deposit): CARLISLE, H.C., REPORT ON PROPERTY OF COMO MINES CO., JULY 18, 1936, UNPUB, REPORT, ITEM 3, FILE 181 NBMG
Reference (Deposit): STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEV. (1950) NBMG BULL 49
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.
