The Monetary and Peytona Vein is a silver and gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,559 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: 7,559 Feet (2,304 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.665, -116.25667
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Monetary and Peytona Vein MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monetary and Peytona Vein
Secondary: W. Delonais Property
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Morey 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Hot Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: An East-West Trending Shear Zone.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE SHOOTS REPORTED TO ASSAY $50/TON ACROSS 18 INCHES (1950)
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE
Comment (Development): LESSEES WORKED THE PROPERTY DURING 1939-1941.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS AND TWO SHAFTS TOTALING 600 FT.
Comment (Geology): WORKINGS FOLLOW 2 PARALLEL VEINS 300 FT APART
Comment (Production): AMOUNT UNKNOWN
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): KRAL, V.E.,1951, NBMG BULL 50.
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.
