Gracie Mine

The Gracie Mine is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,974 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Gracie Mine
Secondary: Elder Creek Mine. the Entire Peoperty Consists of Two Groups Of
Secondary: Claims: the Gracie Group Dewey
Secondary: Glasgow
Secondary: Gold Crown
Secondary: Gracie
Secondary: Boston
Secondary: Confidence
Secondary: Gold Hill
Secondary: Jap and Fritz Claims and the New York Group New York
Secondary: Elder Aulder Creek
Secondary: Gold Hill and Sunday Claims. the New York Group Are Located Near
Secondary: The Nead of the Main Fork of Elder Creek
Secondary: While the Gracie Group Claims Are Located To the North and West
Secondary: Near the Head of the Middle Fork of Elder Creek. As the Story Goes
Secondary: A Horseman Riding Over the Range In Search of Cattle Was Attracted
Secondary: By the Peculiar Color of A Piece of Rock That the Hoff of His Horse
Secondary: Dislodged From What Is Now Known As the Gracie Vein -- Vadner
Secondary: 1912.

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Iron

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Battle Mountain 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
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
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: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: $1.00/TON AU (GOLD AT ABOUT $20/OZ.) WITH SOME ORE AS HIGH AS 45% CU AND 55 OZ/TON AG.
Analytical Data: 13-22 OZ./TON AG
Analytical Data: O% CU. EARLY ORE (1912) ASSAYED 12-20% CU
Analytical Data: 1.97 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: ORE AVERAGED 0.03 OZ/TON AU

Materials

Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Names): THE NEW YORK GROUP ARE LOCATED NEAR THE NEAD OF THE MAIN FORK OF ELDER CREEK, WHILE THE GRACIE GROUP CLAIMS ARE LOCATED TO THE NORTH AND WEST, NEAR THE HEAD OF THE MIDDLE FORK OF ELDER CREEK. AS THE STORY GOES "A HORSEMAN RIDING OVER THE RANGE IN SEARCH OF CATTLE WAS ATTRACTED BY THE PECULIAR COLOR OF A PIECE OF ROCK THAT THE HOFF OF HIS HORSE DISLODGED FROM WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS THE GRACIE VEIN" -- VADNER, 1912.

Comment (Deposit): ONE MINERALIZED FAULT WAS EXPLORED FOR 500 FT. ALONG STRIKE AND 250 FT. DOWN DIP. FROM 1917 TO 1928, THE MINE PRODUCED 1949 TONS ORE. THE GRACIE AND ELDER CREEK MINES ARE TREATED TOGETHER HERE, ALTHOUGH THEY LIE ON DIFFERENT CLAIMS OWNED BY THE SAME PEOPLE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): IN NARROW CANYON WEST OF ELDER CREEK

Comment (Production): AU; 0.03-0.05 OZ/TON AU; 10.9-13.8 OZ/TON AG; 11.35-12.6% CU

Comment (Geology): MOST ORE OCCURS ALONG THE MINERALIZED FAULT

References

Reference (Production): WILLDEN, R., 1964

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.; NBMG BULL. 59

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R. J., AND D. C. ARNOLD (1965) ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUAD. HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEV., U.S.G.S., PROF. PAPER 459-B.

Reference (Deposit): VADNER, C. S., 1912, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GRACIE AND N.Y. GROUPS, ON FILE AT NEV. R. MINES

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.