The Nevada-Omaha Mine is a gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,331 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
Elevation: 5,331 Feet (1,625 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.52028, -117.09972
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Nevada-Omaha Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nevada-Omaha Mine
Secondary: Limelite Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Walker, Alex
Years: 1909 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1909
Discovery Year: 1909
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Faults
Type: L
Description: N-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Development): MAIN DEVELOPMENT IN 1912
Comment (Deposit): VEIN; FRACTURES, SHEAR ZONES
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, CROSSCUT
Comment (Geology): MAIN VEIN AVERAGED 2 INCHES WIDE
Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERED BY ALEX WALKER IN 1909 ON THE LIMELITE CLAIM. MAIN DEVELOPMENT IN 1912 WAS A 350 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT AND A 300-FT CROSSCUT TUNNEL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): E SIDE PHILADELPHIA CANYON, NORTH OF BANNOCK
References
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965.
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE. CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA; USGS 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 (Deposit): THOMAS, C.S., 1909, BANNOCK, NEVADA; MINING & SCIENTIFIC PRESS VOL. P. 820
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.
