The Mayolli Claim is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,161 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: 6,161 Feet (1,878 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 38.38556, -115.54889
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Mayolli Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mayolli Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 23.000000+-4.000000
Age Young: Tertiary
Age Old: Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1951 - A GRAB SAMPLE FROM THE DUMP ASSAY $5.60 IN GOLD PER TON.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO 80 FT FLATLY INCLINED SHAFTS. 100-FT DRIFT AT BOTTOM OF ONE SHAFT AND 20-FT DRIFT AT BOTTOM OF THE OTHER.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS HAVE LIMESTONE AND SHALE IN HANGING WALL AND QUARTZ MONZONITE IN FOOTWALL.
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 51 P. 178.
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.
