The Grantsville Mine is a silver, lead, zinc, and copper mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,900 feet.
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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
Elevation: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Lat, Long: 38.84556, -117.57500
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Grantsville Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grantsville Mine
Secondary: Alexander and Brooklyn
Secondary: Silver Palace
Secondary: Great Eastern.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Tungsten
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: Cisilini, B.
Home Office: Ione
Years: 1951 -
Owner Name: Hogan Mines, Ltd.
Home Office: Vancouver
Years: 1970 -
Owner Name: Berryman, E. H.
Home Office: Gabbs
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1863
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 replacement
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Production): BETWEEN 1945-1947, $50,000 WAS PRODUCED. BETWEEN 1939-1940, $100,000 WAS PRODUCED. MINE WAS ACTIVE 1863-1869, 1878-1891, EARLY 1900'S, 1920'S, 1939-1941, WWII, 1945-1947 (DUMPS WERE MILLED), 1949, 1954 (SILVER TAILINGS AND TUNGSTEN ORE), AND EXPLORATION WAS BEING DONE IN 1970.
Comment (Development): PROPERTY WAS FIRST CALLED THE GREAT EASTERN MINE. IN 1877 THE CLAIMS WERE RELOCATED BY P. LEFLER AND SOLD TO MANUEL SAN PEDRO AND OTHERS,WHO PATENTED THE CLAIMS AND FORMED THE ALEXANDER CO. A MILL WAS BUILT AND BEGAN OPERATING IN 1878 (40STAMPS BY 1880). IT WAS SOLD IN 1881 AND CHANGED HANDS MANY TIMES THEREAFTER.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF FIVE ADITS CONNECTED BY A VERTICAL SHAFT WITH THREE LEVELS, AN INCLINE SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MIN. RES. OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 201-203
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 201-202.
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.
