The Grand Junction Group is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,039 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: 4,039 Feet (1,231 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 36.80944, -116.65639
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Grand Junction Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grand Junction Group
Secondary: Martin
Secondary: Beatty Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Bare Mountain
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Cothern, R. B.
Home Office: Beatty
Years: 1951 -
Production
Year: 1942
Time Period: 1940-42
Material type: W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.38-4.59 Percent Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Bare Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: The Workings Are Located On A Thrust Fault.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): SHIPMENT OF ONLY ONE CAR OF GOLD.
Comment (Workings): OVER 1,000 FT OF ADITS AND SHAFTS
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 64-65.
Reference (Deposit): NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP JAN 1984)
Reference (Production): NBM BULL., STAGER H.K. (IN PREP. JAN 1984)
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.
