The El Dorado South Mine is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,402 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.57889, -116.86222
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El Dorado South Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: El Dorado South Mine
Secondary: Independence Claim
Secondary: Monitor Claim
Secondary: Atlanta
Secondary: El Dorado North
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Belmont District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Carter, Arthur N.
Home Office: Lund
Years: 1951 -
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: Toquima Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1860'S - ORE VALUED AT $150-$300 PER TON.
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Stromeyerite
Ore: Stetefeldite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Lead
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Wulfenite
Comments
Comment (Development): THE MINE WAS MOST DEVELOPED IN 1868 AT A SHALLOW LEVEL. IN 1959-60 SOME EXPLORATORY WORK WAS DONE AND ONE SHAFT WAS SUNK TO 1000 FT DEPTH. THE BELMONT MINE CO. EXPLORED A RICH ORE ZONE OFF THE 1000 FT LEVEL, BUT SHUT DOWN UNDERGROUND EXPLORATION IN 1960 IN FAVOR OF SURFACE DRILLING.
Comment (Deposit): EL DORADA VEIN VEIN PINCHES AND SWELLS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 425 FT INCLINE SHAFT WITH 2,000 FT OF LATERALS.
References
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 50.
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 23
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.
