Exchequer Claim

The Exchequer Claim is a silver and gold mine located in Storey county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,299 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Exchequer Claim

State:  Nevada

County:  Storey

Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Gold

Lat, Long: 39.29528, -119.65528

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Exchequer Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Exchequer Claim


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Storey
District: Comstock Lode


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1859
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock


Orebody

Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Regional Dip To West And Northwest

Type: L
Description: Faults


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitzation, Oxidation, Pyritization


Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Argentite


Comments

Comment (Development): NO UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT WAS DONE UNTIL 1876. ONLY LOW-GRADE MATERIAL WAS FOUND THROUGH 1894.

Comment (Deposit): INTERSECTING CROSS-VEINS OR FISSURES.


References

Reference (Deposit): STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 49

Reference (Deposit): BONHAN, HF, 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 70.

Reference (Production): STODDARD, C., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.