The Aztec Claim is a lead, antimony, and silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,560 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: 4,560 Feet (1,390 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Antimony, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.36056, -118.39694
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Aztec Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Aztec Claim
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Arabia 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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bindheimite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION OCCURS ALONG A FISSURE THAT MAY BE THE WESTWARD EXTENSION OF THE FISSURE OF THE MONTEZUMA ORE BODY
Comment (Geology): VEIN IS 6 INCHES THICK
Comment (Deposit): THE AZTEC CLAIM IS IN ALOCATION IN WHICH THE MINERALIZATION OCCURED ALONG A FISSURE THAT IS POSSIBLY THE WESTWARD EXTENSION OF THE FISSURE ON WHICH THE MONTEZUMA ORE BODY IS SITUATED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): DECKER, D.J., 1972, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ARABIA DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA: M.S. THESIS UNR
Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, A., 1918, ANTIMONIAL SILVER-LEAD VEINS OF THE ARABIA DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 660
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.
