Ferir Mine

The Ferir Mine is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,901 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Ferir Mine
Secondary: Ledbetter Canyon Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Cloverdale District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Ferir, A. H.
Years: 1927 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1923
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: SEAMS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO DRIFT-ADITS AND A SHAFT.

Comment (Location): EIGHT CLAIMS. UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE.

Comment (Production): ALSO PRODUCED IN 1937.

References

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 85-86.

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 (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 85.

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.