Cleveland Claim

The Cleveland Claim is a gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,152 feet.

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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: Cleveland Claim  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation: 6,152 Feet (1,875 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 40.55028, -117.11528

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Cleveland Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Cleveland Claim


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
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

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Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1939
Discovery Year: 1939
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: Thrust Faults

Type: L
Description: N-Trending Faults, Ene-Trending Faults


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): 1/2 MI NW OF IRON CANYON MINE

Comment (Production): 1939 RPODUCTION WAS 4 TONS ORE YIELDING 4 OZ AU AND 12 OZ. AG.

Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS

Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 ADITS, ONE ON EITHER SIDE OF A TRIBUTARY TO IRON CANYON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

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

Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965


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.