The Virginia Lode Claim is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,799 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
Elevation: 3,799 Feet (1,158 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 36.89694, -116.83250
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Virginia Lode Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Virginia Lode Claim
Secondary: Gilbralter Mine
Secondary: Patent No. 2487
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Bullfrog District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
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: Bullfrog Hills
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SCINTILLATION COUNTER = 0.15 MR/HR.
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SIX VEINS CAN BE RECOGNIZED
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE TUNNELS.
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERALS OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG, BULL. 81, P. 92.
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., ET AL, 1910, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BULLFROG DISTRICT: USGS BULL. 407, P. 113-114.
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.
