The Troy and Gray Eagle Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,599 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,599 Feet (2,621 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.32, -115.52111
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Troy and Gray Eagle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Troy and Gray Eagle Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: 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
Owner Name: Old English Gold Corp.
Years: 1946 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1949
Discovery Year: 1867
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
Form: LENS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Major Recumbent Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 500 FT INCLINE SHAFT, 3 ADITS, AND ONE WINZE.
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ LENSES PARALLEL ENCLOSING SHALE BEDS
Comment (Production): AMOUNT UNKNOWN
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 DEPOSIT OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
Reference (Deposit): KRAL,V.E.,1951. NBMG BULL.50.
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M.,1916, USGS BULL 648, P.141-142.
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.
