Break Mine

The Break Mine is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,201 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: Break Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.25056, -116.44889

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Break Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Break Mine


Commodity

Tertiary: Mercury


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Tybo District; Little Rawhide Mtn. Area


Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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: Trickey, Lloyd
Years: 1962 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Several East - Trending Faults


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar


Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE

Comment (Workings): NO INFORMATION

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION STOPS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DENSELY WELDED BLACK VITROPHYRE.


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, NBMG BULL 50.


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.