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
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
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.
