The Limerick Gold Mine is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,768 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: 6,768 Feet (2,063 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.29222, -118.15750
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Limerick Gold Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Limerick Gold Mine
Secondary: Rochester Merger Mines
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rochester 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
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
Type: L
Description: Sheared Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitized, Oxidized
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Proustite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GOLD IN FINE PARTICLES.
Comment (Deposit): THE MINE PREDATES ROCHESTER SILVER DISCOVERY BY SEVERAL YEARS, AND IS WITHIN 1 KM OF THE LARGE WEST VEIN OUTCROPS OF THE ROCHESTER MINES. MINE IS OPENED MAINLY BY A 90 FOOT INCLINE OF 15 DEG WHICH EXTENDS N20W ALONG TWO OR MORE ORE-BEARING LAYERS OF BRECCIA COMPOSED OF QUARTZ & RHYOLITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Development): NO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1984
Comment (Deposit): GOLD IN FINE PARTICLES IN 2 OR MORE ORE-BEARING BYERS OF BRECCIA COMPOSED OF QUARTZ & RHYOLITE.
Comment (Workings): THE MINE IS OPENED MAINLY BY A 90-FT INCLINED SHAFT OF 15 DEG THAT EXTENDS N 20 DEG W ALONG 2 OR MORE ORE-BEARING LAYERS
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F. C., 1914, ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, NEAVADA: IN USGS BULL. 580
Reference (Deposit): VIKRE, P. G., 1978, GEOLOGY AND SILVER MINERALIZATION OF THE ROCHESTER DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: PH.D. THESIS STANFORD UNIV.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., JR., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION
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.
