Troy and Gray Eagle Mine

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

Name: Troy and Gray Eagle Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.