The Millett Mine is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,480 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,480 Feet (1,975 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.00917, -117.21639
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Millett Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Millett Mine
Secondary: Gold Pocket Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
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: Meyer, Philip And Louis
Years: 1964 -
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: Toiyabe Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Partial Oxidation Of Ore Minerals
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1980-A SELECTED GRAB SAMPLE CONTAINS: (IN PPM) 10000 CU, 150 PB, 200 ZN, 0.6 AU, 200 AG, 70 BI, 700 MN, 700 BA
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE IN SHEAR ZONE, SEVERAL PARALLEL NARROW SHEAR ZONES, AND SOME MINERALIZATION IS DISSEMINATED IN WALLROCKS.
Comment (Geology): CLOTS OF PYRITE IN VEIN; EPIDOTE ON SHEAR SURFACES.
Comment (Development): GOLD ORE FIRST SHIPPED IN 1906 TO AUSTIN, NEVADA AND THEN BY RAIL TO SALT LAKE CITY. PROSPECTED IN 1950'S
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF NUMEROUS PROSPECTS AND SHAFTS.ADITS (3) UP TO SEVERAL HUNDRED FT LONG, CUTS, STOPES, AND REMAINS OF MILL AT MOUTH OF CANYON IN 1981.
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): TINGLEY, J.V.,1981, FIELD EXAMINATION
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.
