The Union No. 4 Mine is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,221 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,221 Feet (2,201 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.53583, -117.06222
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Union No. 4 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Union No. 4 Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Manhattan 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Dexter Union Mines Co.
Years: 1924 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: The Limestone Strikes N68w, Dip 48sw. Limestone Is Cut By Small Offset Faults. Gouge Along Fissures Indicates Post-Mineral Fault Movement.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limestone Irregularly Altered To Coarsely Crystalline White Calcite.
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Production): AMOUNT UNKNOWN
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ AND FLUORITE REPLACE LIMESTONE ALONG BEDDING FOR SHORT DISTANCES AWAY FROM FISSURES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 120 FT INCLINE SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1924, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT: USGS BULL 723, P. 154
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.
