Locke Mine

The Locke Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,499 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Locke Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Troy 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: Hafen, Joseph Of The Old English Gold Corp.
Years: 1960 -

Owner Name: Old English Gold Corp.
Years: 1946 -

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: Grant Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Nw- To Ne-Striking Crossfaults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 500 FT ADIT, MINOR SHAFTS AND ADITS.

Comment (Production): $20-$40 PER TON ORES WERE SHIPPED IN 1949.

Comment (Development): PROPERTY WAS STILL BEING DEVELOPED INTERMITTENTLY IN THE 1960'S.

Comment (Deposit): HANGING WALL APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN LOCUS FOR MOST OF ORE MINED FROM 1936-1949.

References

Reference (Deposit): CEBULL, SE, 1970, BEDROCK GEOL. AND OROGENIC SUCESSION IN SOUTHERN GRANT RANGE: AAPG BULL., V. 54, NO. 10, P. 1828-1842

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.