The Brothers Gold Group is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,442 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,442 Feet (2,573 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.99333, -117.32222
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Brothers Gold Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Brothers Gold Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Twin River 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: Thomas, W. H.
Home Office: Tonopah
Years: 1951 -
Owner Name: Meyer, Philip And Louis
Home Office: Tonopah
Years: 1951 -
Owner Name: Meyer, Philip And Louis
Home Office: Austin
Years: 1951 -
Owner Name: Thomas, W. H.
Home Office: Tonopah
Years: 1951 -
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: Toiyabe Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Golconda Thrust Plate
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1948-A TRENCH SAMPLE CONTAIN $12.50 PER TON IN GOLD.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP
Comment (Development): EXPLORED IN 1948 BY HOMER BLACK OF RENO FOR POTENTIAL LARGE-TONNAGE OPERATION. INACTIVE IN 1964
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN 80 FT ADIT, A 40 FT ADIT, AND A 32 FT TRENCH.
Comment (Geology): THE SILICIFIED ZONE IS 85 FT WIDE AND 300 FT LONG BRECCIA MAY BE INTRAFORMATIONAL.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 186.
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.
