The Royston Coalition Mining Co. is a lead, gemstone, gold, silver, and copper mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Gemstone, Gold, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 38.32222, -117.51667
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Royston Coalition Mining Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Royston Coalition Mining Co.
Secondary: Foy-Betts Shaft
Secondary: Campbell
Secondary: Kelly
Secondary: Walker Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gemstone
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Royston 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Lied, Jim
Home Office: Tonopah
Years: 1948 -
Owner Name: Perry, Gene
Home Office: Mina
Years: 1948 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Cedar Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Turquoise
Comments
Comment (Development): MINED IN THE 1920'S, LATE 1930'S, LATE 1940'S, AND LATE 1960'S. THERE WAS A LITTLE SILVER ORE MINED FROM A LEASE IN 1970.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 225 FT WALKER SHAFT, CAMPBELL INCLINE SHAFT, KELLY ADIT, FOY-BETTS INCLINE SHAFT
References
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 155.
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, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 155-156.
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.
