The Berlin Mine is a silver, gold, and copper mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 38.88167, -117.60583
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Berlin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Berlin Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Union 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: The Nevada Co.,
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1898
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: Shoshone Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Two Sets Of Faults Which Cut The Veins
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AG/AU RATIO WAS 7-12 AG TO 1 AU. SULFIDE CONTENT OF ORE WAS ABOUT 2
Materials
Ore: Marcasite
Ore: Gold
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): OWNED BY THE NEVADA CO. IN 1898, BY THE GOLDFIELD-BLUEBELL CO. IN 1908 AND BY THE NEVADA CO. IN 1928. A. A. SMITH TREATED TAILINGS 1911-1914. 16 PATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINE SHAFT 360 FT DEEP WITH EIGHT LEVELS.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 199-200
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, A.M.,1920'S,UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE BERLIN MINE: NBMG FILE 258, ITEM 5.
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 199
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.
