The North Twin Claim is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,841 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,841 Feet (2,390 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.02667, -117.24111
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North Twin Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Twin Claim
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: 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: Nevada Pacific Mines Corp.
Years: 1967 -
Owner Name: Bowles, Ben
Home Office: Reno, Nv
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Form: IRREGULAR BLOBS AND VEINLETS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1951-SAMPLES CONTAIN 20 % PB, 15-20 % ZN, $3 AU, 20-55 OZ AG PER TON
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): THREE SHIPMENTS OF ORE WERE MADE IN 1967.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 25 FT SHAFT AND A FEW SHALLOW CUTS.
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): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 187-188.
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.
