The Cimarron Group is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 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: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.34167, -117.25278
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Cimarron Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cimarron Group
Secondary: San Antonio Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: San Antone 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: Margaret Booth And Mrs. D. A. Orton
Years: 1970 -
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: San Antonio Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SEAMS AND BUNCHES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching,Argillization
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AU/AG RATIOS RANGE FROM 1:0.7 TO 1:8.0 WITH MOST BETWEEN 1:2 AND 1:4.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = SAN ANTONIO RANCH (1964) 1:625000
Comment (Production): ABOUT $15,000 WAS PRODUCED.
Comment (Development): THE CIMARRON MINE OPERATED FROM 1937 TO 1940. ONE VERIFIED SHIPMENT OF 9.6 TONS ORE CONTAINED 13.3 OZ AU, 47.2 OZ AG,AND HAD A GROSS VALUE OF $447.64 (1937). IN 1950, CHICAGO INTERESTS LEASED SOME OF THE CLAIMS AND PLANNED TO DRIVE A 400-FT. CROSSCUT TO THE GOLD-BEARING ZONE,BUT NO SIGNIFICANT PRODUCTION RESULTED.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE ADITS AND SEVERAL SHAFTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 161
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.
