The Penelas Mine is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,670 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: 6,670 Feet (2,033 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.06222, -117.76722
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Penelas Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Penelas Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Bruner 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: Penelas Mining Co., L. D. Gordon (President-Manager)
Years: 1942 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1914
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: Paradise Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP.
Comment (Deposit): TWO VEINS
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 1000 FT, 73 DEG INCLINED SHAFT WITH NINE LEVELS SPACED 100 FT APART TOTALING 4,000 FT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: PRE- WWI
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 26-27
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): GARSIDE, L.J., 1981, FIELD EXAMINATION, 6 AUG,1981.
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 26
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.
