The Bryan Mine is a gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.56222, -117.11917
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Bryan Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bryan Mine
Secondary: El Dorado
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Year First Production: 1885
Discovery Year: 1880
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Scott Canyon And Dewitt Thrust Faults
Type: L
Description: Ne-And Nw-Trending Faults. Plumas Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritization
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE AVERAGED $12/TON IN GOLD IN 1880'S 151 SAMPLES AVERAGED $4.39 IN AU & AG IN OXIDIZED ZONE AND $1.30/TON IN SULFIDE ZONE
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): 3/4 MILE SE OF GALENA TOWNSITE
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION IS UNKNOWN, BUT AT LEAST 75.7 OZ. AU AND 262 OZ AG. WERE PRODUCED.
Comment (Development): ORE WAS MILLED IN AN AMALGAMATION PLANT ON DUCK CREEK IN 1880'S; IT HAD BEEN REMOVED BY 1912
Comment (Workings): TUNNELS, SHAFTS
Comment (Geology): FRACTURE ZONE RANGES FROM A FEW INCHES TO 10 FEET WIDE
Comment (Deposit): THE BRYAN VEIN WAS DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL TUNNELS AND A SHAFT ON BOTH SIDES OF A SOUTH BRANCH OF DUCK CREEK. ORE WAS MILLED (IN 19880'S) IN A 10-STAMP AMALGAMATING PLANT ON DUCK CREEK, 1/2 MILE NE OF THE SHAFT. THIS MILL HAD BEEN REMOVED PRIOR TO 1912.
References
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 594
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B.
Reference (Production): STEWART, MC KEE & STAGER, 1977.
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.
