The Clipper Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,559 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
Elevation: 7,559 Feet (2,304 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.32472, -116.77333
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Clipper Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Clipper Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Longstreet 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Rawlings, Louise May
Home Office: Fresno, Ca
Owner Name: Fancher, Ira D.
Home Office: Reno, Nv
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1903
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: Big Ten Peak
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORES ASSAYED AT $38 TO $317 PER TON IN GOLD AND SILVER WITH A ONE TO ONE RATIO.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ESTIMATED LOCATION
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 180 FT SHAFT, A 400 FT ADIT, AND A 30 FT WINZE.
Comment (Production): A TOTAL OF $12,000 WAS PRODUCED.
Comment (Development): WORKED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1903 TO ABOUT 1943. MAIN DEVELOPMENT OCCURRED ABOUT WWI. SOME ORE SHIPMENTS WERE MADE IN 1929.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 100
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.
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.
