The Original Bullfrog Mine is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,101 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: 4,101 Feet (1,250 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 36.90056, -116.88306
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Original Bullfrog Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Original Bullfrog Mine
Secondary: Burm Ball Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Bullfrog District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
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: Burmeister, J. And Ballinger, W. S.
Home Office: Auburn, Ca
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1904
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: Bullfrog Hills
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Original Bullfrog Fault.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Cerargyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 550 FT SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., ET AL, 1910, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BULLFROG DISTRICT: USGS BULL. 407, P. 122.
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, VE, 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 35-36
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 35
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.
