Summit Mine

The Summit Mine is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,450 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Summit Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Pershing

Elevation: 6,450 Feet (1,966 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 40.29306, -118.20444

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Summit Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Summit Mine
Secondary: Upper Forvilly Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rochester 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
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: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Development): NO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1984

Comment (Deposit): VEIN 2 1/2 FT OR MORE IN WIDTH

Comment (Workings): AN INCLINE SHAFT

Comment (Geology): VEIN 2 1/2 FEET OR MORE IN WIDTH.

Comment (Deposit): OPENED BY AN INCLINE SHAFT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV


References

Reference (Deposit): NBMG OFR 85-3.

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, E. F., 1915, ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: IN USGS BULL.580

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., JR., NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF ROCHESTER DISTRICT, SEP 1984.


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.