Millett Mine

The Millett Mine is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,480 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Millett Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

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

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.